On Tuesday morning, April 7, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight.” Trump gave Iran until 8 p.m. Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the “complete demolition” of every bridge and power plant in the country. On Easter morning, he posted “Open the F---in’ Strait, you crazy b-----ds, or you’ll be living in Hell! Praise be to Allah.” At publication, it is still unclear what form the threatened use of force would take.
The president’s posts have caused a predictable backlash among Democrats, but even Republicans are calling him out now. On Tuesday, Marjorie Taylor Greene called for invoking the 25th Amendment: “Not a single bomb has dropped on America. We cannot kill an entire civilization. This is evil and madness.”
Tucker Carlson, arguably one of the most influential media figures in Trump’s rise, called Trump’s Easter post “vile on every level” and characterized the threatened destruction of Iran’s civilian infrastructure …
