NBC News' Garrett Haake joins "Here's the Scoop" to talk about how President Trump uses social media threats as a dealmaking tool.
Threat comes after US president said he would bomb power plants and bridges if Iran did not reopen strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates Israel warned Iranians this morning that their lives would be at risk if they use the country’s railways on Tuesday before the end of a negotiating deadline imposed by Donald Trump with a threat to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants. Israel’s military, writing in Farsi, said in a social media post that “from this moment” – 8.50am Iran time – a
President threatens in Truth Social post to annihilate Iran if government ignores deadline to reopen strait of Hormuz US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump on Tuesday morning threatened to completely annihilate the entirety of Iranian civilization should their government ignore his 8pm ET deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” he US president posted on Truth Socia
Pope Leo criticizes Trump threats to destroy Iran
Annie Ramos, who came to US from Honduras as a toddler, was detained last week at husband’s base in Louisiana The wife of a US soldier who was detained last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at her husband’s Louisiana military base was released from federal custody on Tuesday. “All I have ever wanted is to live with dignity in the country I have called home since I was a baby,” Annie Ramos said in a statement following her release. Continue reading...
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