Trump's Iran Deadline: Total Destruction Threat

0:00President Trump has ramped up his rhetoric in the five-and-a-half-week-old war with Iran, warning that their entire civilization could face total. Destruction if they don't reopen the strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. eastern time tonight. He set this as a hard deadline for a deal, shifting from earlier promises of help to the Iranian people after their protests. Earlier threats included blasting Iran back to the Stone Age, hitting bridges and power plants, and even a profane eastern morning post demanding they. This marks a big change from his push for a Nobel Peace Prize image just months ago, with the White House saying only he knows the next move is talks. Drag on. Democrats called it a shocking moral failure in potential war crime, while some Republicans like Senators Todd Young and Ron Johnson see it as tough. Negotiating to end the fight fast and save lives, the first American Pope labeled attacks on civilian sites unacceptable, and even ex-Maga voice Marjorie Taylor Greene decried it as evil, floating the 25th Amendment.

1:03Iran shot down the latest ceasefire offer, with their president saying 14 million volunteers, including himself, are ready to battle. Military experts note threats to infrastructure could violate laws if not proportional or targeted right, but Trump brushed off war crime worries and defended his language Monday. Those leaning hard into unpredictable threats, like his past fire and fury line to North Korea, or strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, playing the madman strategy to force deals without full war, leaving everyone watching if this deadline holds or bends like before. That's the story for today. Canada News Today, Driven by AI