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Trump: ‘Iran can be taken out in one night,’ could happen Tuesday

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Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ as Iran deadline looms
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ as Iran deadline looms

U.S. President Donald Trump said that “Iran can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night” at a news conference at the White House on Monday afternoon.

“I can tell you they’re [Iran] negotiating, I think, in good faith, we will find out,” he said.

Trump had earlier promised to enforce a Tuesday night deadline for Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal or face attacks on the country, including power plants and other critical infrastructure.

“We’re giving them until eight o’clock [p.m.] Eastern time, and after that, they will have no bridges, no power plants.”

Trump also cited that this past weekend was “one of the best Easters militarily” following two U.S. military planes being shot down by Iran in separate attacks on Friday.

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Iran rejected the latest ceasefire proposal on Monday, instead saying the country wants a permanent end to the war. The deadline focuses on Tehran opening the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped in peacetime.

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Saying that reopening the strait is a “big priority,” Trump has stressed to that there needs to be a deal “acceptable to me by Tuesday deadline.”

However, Trump said that Iran that if a deal is not reached to reopen the strait, the U.S. would set the country “back to the stone ages.”

He also is urging the Iranian people to rise up against the government within the country if a ceasefire were to be declared.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also told reporters that the largest volume of strikes since the first day of the conflict against Iran would take place on Monday, also warning that Tuesday would have even more.

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Trump expresses disappointment in NATO

Trump said he is “very disappointed in NATO,” saying that the countries involved in the 77-year-old U.S.-led military alliance have “gone out of their way to not help.”

He also called out South Korea, Australia and Japan for not helping the U.S. in its conflict with Iran.

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“NATO is a paper tiger. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is not afraid of NATO. Putin is afraid of us, very afraid of us,” Trump said.
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This is not the first time Trump has called NATO this, as he told British newspaper the Telegraph last week that he is considering withdrawing the U.S. from NATO.

“Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration. I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,” Trump said in the interview.

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