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groundloop

(13,885 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:12 PM Sunday

Trump says 'we're blowing up the whole country' if no Iran deal is reached in 48 hours

Source: ABC News

President Donald Trump said Sunday that if no peace deal is reached with Iran in the next 48 hours, "we're blowing up the entire country."

The president made the threat Sunday to ABC News' senior political correspondent Rachel Scott in response to a question regarding whether his previously stated timeline of two to three weeks for a deal was still accurate.

[....]

"It should be days, not weeks," Trump said, adding that Iran "has been decimated, decimated. And every day is going to get worse."

"Every day they're gonna have to build more bridges, and they're gonna have to build more power plants and more everything else," the president said. "There's been no country that's ever taken a pounding like that."

Read more: https://abcnews.com/International/trump-blowing-country-iran-deal-reached-48-hours/story?id=131744086



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Trump says 'we're blowing up the whole country' if no Iran deal is reached in 48 hours (Original Post) groundloop Sunday OP
With this nutjob and the Clustertrump there's no telling underpants Sunday #1
Hmmm... Blue_Roses Sunday #2
Here's all the Republicans' critical responses, all in one place for convenience! Beartracks Sunday #3
This is utter insanity. Klarkashton Sunday #4
Liberating the people is now Obliteration Day bucolic_frolic Sunday #5
"I'll bring peace to the Middle East if I have to blow the whole damn place to smithereens!" Midnight Writer Sunday #6
I fear his diseased brain is fixating on "the nuclear" as his way out of the shitswamp he started. LudwigPastorius Sunday #7
Past time for the Strait Jacket. nt Exp Sunday #8
I see what you did there Skittles Monday #12
I believe he's just itching to use a nuke. nt Javaman Sunday #9
Yeah that seems normal 🙄 nt Javaman Sunday #10
That's an unconstitutional declaration of war. cstanleytech Monday #11

underpants

(196,627 posts)
1. With this nutjob and the Clustertrump there's no telling
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:17 PM
Sunday

He could actually drop a nuke or he could just be acting tough/saving face. The tremendously successful rescue operation could fuel him to something extreme like the operation in Venezuela fueled him on Iran.

Blue_Roses

(13,889 posts)
2. Hmmm...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:22 PM
Sunday
"There's been no country that's ever taken a pounding like that."

Let's see, where to start:
Hiroshima,
Nagasaki,
France,
And the list goes on...

but, destroying a country with innocent people who are affected for the rest of their life is nothing to brag about.


Someone teach that man some history. He's an embarrassment and an idiot.

Beartracks

(14,620 posts)
3. Here's all the Republicans' critical responses, all in one place for convenience!
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:23 PM
Sunday




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LudwigPastorius

(14,770 posts)
7. I fear his diseased brain is fixating on "the nuclear" as his way out of the shitswamp he started.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:35 PM
Sunday
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