Donald Trump has just posted on his Truth Social platform, seemingly referring to his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening that ‘a whole civilisation will die tonight.’
Trump gave Tehran until 1am on Wednesday UK time in a sweary online post at the weekend.
His new post says: “A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again”. But it later adds “maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?”
Trump suggests he’s negotiating with new leaders in Iran, after “total regime change” there.
But experts have frequently pointed out that the current war has not brought down Iran’s rulers, even though Israeli and American strikes have succeeded in killing individuals high up in the Islamic Republic, including Ali Khamenei, Iran’s previous supreme leader.
That post threatened to reduce Iran’s leadership to “living in hell”, calling them “crazy bastards”.
Here’s Trump’s latest post in full, in his own words…
Trump’s Truth Social post