U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," as his threatened attacks on Iranian infrastructure loom ahead of an 8 p.m. ET deadline.
Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and says it wants a permanent end to the war.
UN Secretary General António Guterres warned the U.S. that attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law.
The death toll so far includes more than 1,900 people in Iran, 1,400 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel, about two dozen in other countries in the region, 13 U.S. service members and 11 Israeli soldiers.
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UPDATE (5:32 PM EST / UTC-04:00):
Motherfucking TACO Tuesday.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116365796713313030
As best I can tell, currently, Mike Johnson is trying to figure out some way to shut down Congress, as a number of House Democrats that was at least 70, the last time I checked, (growing fairly quickly), are trying to 25th Amendment Trump, right now.
If Johnson actually is shutting down Congress, that could just be him doing his usual bullshit, or... a fair number of actual Republicans have actually drawn the line at Trump threatening genocide, in addition to a large number of right wing influencer types.
Like... Tucker Carlson called out Trump, MTG did... more than that.
Its possible that Johnson is at least afraid that this is all so insane, that there could be enough Rep 'defectors' to push it through the House.
So of course, for the 25th Amd thing to work, the cabinet has to concur.
And Vance is currently in Hungary, at a rally for Orban, or just, worldwide fascism or something idfk.
Fucking, TUNE IN TOMORROW SAME BAT TIME SAME BAT CHANNEL, FOR THE GREATEST REALITY TV SHOW ON EAAAAARRRTHHHHH!!!
I'm hoping people around Trump start getting cold feet. That's really the only chance this deescalates. Next couple of weeks are gonna be pretty wild.
How kind of you.
While your wish for descalation is undoubtedly the wiser course, in this specific situation...
I am full of righteous fury right now, and very much want to say things that would get me on more watch lists than I almost certainly already am.