Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ unless Iran makes deal

President threatens in Truth Social post to annihilate Iran if government ignores deadline to reopen strait of Hormuz

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Donald Trump on Tuesday morning threatened to completely annihilate the entirety of Iranian civilization should their government ignore his 8pm ET deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” he US president posted on Truth Social about the country with more than 90 million people. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”