Critics put Donald Trump on blast on Monday after he posted a message on social media threatening Iran with “Death, Fire and Fury.”
Writing on his Truth Social website, Trump said any attempt to block oil shipments would lead to an attack “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” ― and so severe that it will be “virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again.”
Iran has responded to the U.S.-Israeli military campaign by threatening to attack ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, effectively cutting off some 20% of the world’s oil. That’s triggered wild fluctuations in the market for crude oil, rising gas prices at U.S. pumps and fears of further economic pain should the conflict drag on.
I don’t know. That would require like 3 or 4 coherent thoughts in a row.
I get that it’s fun to mock this man, but I feel like it also defangs the perception of him. People were laughing at how unlikely his victory would’ve been back in 2016 and now we’re here ten years later. This man is evil. He’s impulsive, and temperamental, and incredibly powerful.
He’s caused immense suffering among people, he’s stomping all over their rights, he’s kidnapped a head of state and he’s now started a war. Please, take the danger this man represents seriously.