US EditionTrump: ‘Iran can be taken out in one night,’ could happen Tuesday
Trump says Iran faces broad attacks if it misses a Tuesday ceasefire deadline, with officials warning strikes could target power plants and bridges.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump warned Iran to accept a ceasefire by Tuesday night or face strikes on critical infrastructure, telling reporters the country 'can be taken out in one night.'
- As the conflict enters its 37th day, Iran rejected the U.S. ceasefire offer and demanded security guarantees, while the U.S. continues pressing for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director John Ratcliffe detailed the weekend recovery of a downed pilot from Iranian territory, involving 155 aircraft and a CIA 'deception campaign' to rescue the airman.
- Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari responded that if the U.S. attacks critical infrastructure, the country's 'subsequent phases of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be carried out much more crushingly and extensively.'
- Amid the standoff, Defense Secretary Hegseth emphasized 'And then Iran has a choice,' underscoring how the Tuesday deadline forces Tehran toward either capitulation or military confrontation with severe consequences.
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Iran can fall "Tuesday night," said Donald Trump, who has multiplied threats while urging Iran to reach an agreement to reopen the Strait of Ormuz.
Trump Says Iran "Could be Taken Out in One Night, and That Night Might Be Tomorrow Night" - "Complete Demolition by 12 O'clock"
President Trump on Monday told reporters that Iran could be completely wiped out in "one night" and that he plans to bring "complete demolition" by midnight tomorrow. The President held a press conference on Monday following the operation to rescue a downed American flight crew in Iran over the weekend.
"We have a plan—thanks to the power of our armed forces—for all of Iran's bridges to be destroyed by midnight, and all of Iran's power plants to be shut down, burned, exploded, and never to be used again," Trump said at a press conference. "I mean the total demolition by midnight, and it will take place within four hours, if we wish."
Donald Trump placed the war with Iran on Monday in a countdown of maximum tension in a White House appearance in which he spoke no longer as a president trying to force a negotiation, but as a chief commander who dictates the conditions of surrender. He did not leave the president shirk for ambiguity. Neither on the clock nor in punishment. Iran, he said, has until this Tuesday at dusk to accept Washington’s demands. If he does not, the threat i…
(LPL/NBC) – President Donald Trump threatened Monday to “destroy the entire country” of Iran, hours before his ultimatum to the regime to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the key maritime route for global oil shipping whose blockade continues to send fuel prices soaring in the United States, was set to expire. “The entire country [of Iran] can be destroyed in one night, and that night could be tomorrow,” the president said Monday afternoon during a …
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