U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post this morning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” as his threatened attacks on Iranian infrastructure loom ahead of an 8 p.m. ET deadline.

Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and says it wants a permanent end to the war.

UN Secretary General António Guterres warned the U.S. that attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law.

The death toll so far includes more than 1,900 people in Iran, 1,400 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel, about two dozen in other countries in the region, 13 U.S. service members and 11 Israeli soldiers.

The TruthSocial Post:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961

UPDATE (5:32 PM EST / UTC-04:00):

Motherfucking TACO Tuesday.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116365796713313030

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
      101·
      20 hours ago

      ~60% of the country either voted for him or couldn’t be arsed to vote at all, declaring with their non-vote that both candidates were equally valid.

      Sorry mate but… it’s the US. It’s not just a minority of people. It’s the fucking president and administration of the United States of America.

      If he was just a republican traitor and not the president of the country, he wouldn’t be threatening with nuking a country.

        • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
          8·
          20 hours ago

          And yet, he only won by a fraction, not a landslide. However, it remains true that a good 30% of the country couldn’t be bothered to vote. If only a portion of that 30% decided that maybe Harris was a slightly better president, we wouldn’t be here today.

          • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
            3·
            18 hours ago

            That’s what you want if you’re rigging elections. If you make it too obvious too soon, someone might do something about it.

            And it was the second highest eligible voter turnout in US history.

            • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
              3·
              18 hours ago

              You had one candidate that was Hitler in orange. He said it, he had a nazism instruction book that he said he would be doing if he won.

              The other candidate could have been a dog for what’s worth AND SHOULD HAVE WON BY LANDSLIDE.

              Yet, this wasn’t the case. He might have rigged the elections, fuck… he surely rigged the elections… But if your country worked, he should have needed to rig them so badly that the scandal could have seen from anywhere. And, if even then, he declared victory, you should have done a real 6th jan to remove him.

              • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
                1·
                18 hours ago

                I don’t disagree at all. I’m pissed off at my countrymen as well, but the situation is a far cry from “all Americans are complicit.”