Trump's Iran Threat: Bombing Power Plants & Bridges

0:00It's April 7th. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where the world meets AI, I'm Cory with the story. President Trump just dropped the bombshell threat against Iran, saying the U.S. will bomb their power plants and bridges if they don't back down by. 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Tomorrow. He warned, it'll send the whole country back to the Stone Ages in one night, marking a huge shift from America's usual line on avoiding civilian targets. In his Monday press conference and a Tuesday-True Social Post, Trump doubled down, claiming the entire nation could be wiped out and he's not worried. At all about it being called a war crime. He hopes it doesn't come to that, but the clock is ticking fast. European leaders are fired up, with EU Council President Antonio Costa calling any hits on civilian infrastructure illegal and unacceptable. UN Chief Antonio Guterres warned such attacks could qualify as war crimes, no matter who's doing it. This flips the script from four years back when the U.S. slammed Russia for similar moves

1:02in Ukraine. All sides in this mess, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have already struck energy sites, but a full U.S. campaign would crank things up big time. Iran fired back earlier, threatening Gulf desalination plants, and even Kuwait blamed them for knocking out a water station Sunday. Tensions are boiling over the strait of Hormuz and regional strikes, with everyone watching if Trump follows through or if diplomacy pulls this back from the brink.