In his news conference Monday, Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime.
The issue could turn on whether the power plants were legitimate military targets, whether the attacks were proportional compared with what Iran has done and whether civilian casualties were minimized.
Trump’s threat was so broad it did not seem to account for the harm to civilians, prompting Democrats in Congress, some United Nations officials and scholars in military law to say such strikes would violate international law.
What do you mean “could be”? It’s pretty clear cut and we’ve been spending the past 4 years condemning russia for terrorizing and attacking civilian infrastructure like that
Yes! Is war crime! No “could be”
Targeting civilian infrastructure like Russia does is a war crime. Just threatening to do that is not as clear. I think that nobody will doubt that to actually follow through with the threat would be a war crime.
Plenty of propaganda outlets would cast doubt on it. AP is preemptively doing it right now. If you read the article it is not talking about the threats, it is specifically discussing whether bombing power plants would be a war crime. Shameful
The article above seems to be on the side that to indiscriminately target civilian infrastructure is a war crime. The wording of the article can be confusing for sure.
It is still presenting it as a point of discussion rather than a foregone conclusion, which it should be.
COULD???
If I was the next president I’d immediately join ICC agreements. Then I’d demand the past living presidents all be reviewed for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Obama included. We need to clean house to show the world we’re done being the evil empire. Trump sucks but every president since FDR has been a worse president.
We need to clean house to show the world we’re done being the evil empire.
Except the US is clearly not done being the evil empire. On either side of the aisle.
Join the ICC, let international inspectors take a look at US military bases, re-join the climate accords and all the other international treaties Trump backed out of, and pass a constitutional amendment to ratify all that and another one to reform your election system.
Maybe this will be enough to eventually re-gain the trust of other nations, eventually.We have to reform the electoral system so that people vote instead of land or we’ll just end up right back where we are.
And now he’s threatening to destroy the entire Iranian civilization.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/iran-war-trump-deadline.html
US President announcing genocide on Social Media … What a fucked up Timeline
He really is horribly, frighteningly dangerous. First term he had to limit his behaviour to get a 2nd term. This time he’s got nothing to lose
“So-called world leaders around the world stated Monday that they would vigorously wag their fingers and sternly say “No! Bad Trump!” If he were to carry out war crimes (again). The administration was in tears laughing when journalists asked if they were concerned about the repercussions for committing war crimes. Steven Miller crawled out from beneath the carpet to say “what are you fucking losers going to do about it?” before leaping across the room to catch a mouse and eat it live.”
Wish i had more than one ⬆️ for you.
We got em!!! We got em on war crimes this time! It’s over, woohoo!
Every fucking day
*is a
Much more accurate headline.
trump Threatens to Commit Even More War Crimes If Iran Maintains Sovereignty
FTFY
So, do americans think this administration (or literally any of the previous ones) will be called to account at the Hauge? Do they know about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act
Do people tell themselves it’s okay because these bad people will be punished? So it’s okay for the “good guys” to do nothing to interfere?
Yikes.
Oh no, a law!
Welp, pack it up guys. Our hands are tied by a law, nothing the future President and Congress can do about that.
It’s been 20+ years but sure
Eta: my point was the US has signaled they dgaf about “war crimes” why do people still act shocked?
What is this “War Crime” thing I keep seeing mentioned. I see so many articles talking about people committing these “crimes,” but I never even see anyone being tried, let alone convicted, of any such thing.
It’s reddit talk for jerk me off
I saw this. It’s terrifying. I am, for the first time in my life, afraid that someone could actually use a nuke.
The rollercoaster of seeing that tweet, and this image back-to-back: https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009288/art002e009288~large.jpg
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God, imagine being one of those astronauts watching it all go down. You’re definitely dead too, just on a separate timeline from the rest of us, whether you for some reason try to get back or not.
Half the people I know, plus several books I’ve read lately, think that a small nuclear incident is required to get us back on track. We need to see devastation and horror to appreciate peace. Well, shit. Am I rooting for it? Kind of.
I will be burning things down.
I’m not an expert yet I KNOW it’s a war crime.
WHEN are we gonna stop him? I vote NOW.
Great! We got him!
Now that experts said he’s a war criminal he will be impeached and gone before summer. I’m so glad it’s over.
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