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Miles Archer

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Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:50 AM 10 hrs ago

If you read "Richie Rich" comics as a kid, & wondered what would happen if he went full-bore psychotic, check this out.

Raging Trump, 79, Threatens to Blow Iranians ‘to Hell’ as Talks Implode

MELTDOWN MODE

The president posted the same message three times.

Wiktoria Gucia Breaking News Intern

Updated Apr. 12 2026 11:23AM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/raging-trump-threatens-to-blow-iranians-to-hell-as-talks-implode/

Trump unleashed a fresh barrage of threats on Iran after negotiations collapsed, flooding social media with repeated warnings of devastating consequences for the country’s people.

“Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!” the 79-year-old president posted on Truth Social on Sunday, in a message he reposted three times on his account, explaining that Iran did not agree to U.S. demands that it not pursue a nuclear weapon.

The president went on to say the U.S. would blockade “any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz,” a key maritime passage through which roughly one-fifth of global oil shipments flow, which has been effectively closed since Trump launched the unauthorized war with Iran on Feb. 28 amid reports of Iranian mine-laying in the waterway.

“THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted,” the post continued.

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If you read "Richie Rich" comics as a kid, & wondered what would happen if he went full-bore psychotic, check this out. (Original Post) Miles Archer 10 hrs ago OP
He's such a brilliant and stable negotiator. 🙄 Dave Bowman 10 hrs ago #1
No, I never wondered. RR was always a good-hearted kid -- totally unlike Trmp, who was bred to be a total psycho. nt eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #2

eppur_se_muova

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2. No, I never wondered. RR was always a good-hearted kid -- totally unlike Trmp, who was bred to be a total psycho. nt
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:57 AM
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