‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran
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“Donald Trump issued an abusive, expletive-laden threat to Iran in which he called on the regime to 'open the fuckin’ strait [of Hormuz], you crazy bastards', as he threatened to further attack the country’s energy and transport infrastructure.”
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Wikipedia entries mention Trump setting a two-month deadline in April 2025 but do not reference any expletive-laden social media threats or specific infrastructure attack threats. No corroborating evidence for the quoted language or context.
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— On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— The Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for global energy trade, has experienced ongoing geopolitical and economic disruption since 28 February 2026, following joint military strikes by the…
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“The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform: 'Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.'”
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Wikipedia entries on Trump's social media use do not reference the specific Truth Social post quoted in the claim. No corroborating evidence for the exact wording or context of the message.
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— Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during th…
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— Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of US president Donald Trump to make tariff threats, only to delay them later as a way to increase time for negot…
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— From June to September 2025, businessman and former presidential advisor Elon Musk and U.S. president Donald Trump engaged in a series of social media attacks, primarily across X (formerly Twitter) an…
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“The Trump administration has a self-imposed deadline of Monday for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Wikipedia mentions a two-month deadline set in April 2025 but does not reference a specific 'Monday' deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. No evidence supports the claim's specific timing.
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— The Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for global energy trade, has experienced ongoing geopolitical and economic disruption since 28 February 2026, following joint military strikes by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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— This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut since the US and Israel launched war on Iran at the end of February.”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the Strait of Hormuz being closed since February 2024.
“Trump has threatened Tehran with several deadlines in a bid to reopen the key maritime corridor.”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about multiple deadlines set by Trump for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene broke from Trump last year after criticizing his strikes on Iran in June 2024 as backtracking on his campaign promise to put 'America first'.”
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“The US military strike on the largest bridge in Iran (B1 bridge between Tehran and Karaj) killed at least eight people and injured 95.”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the B1 bridge attack and casualties.
“The war has killed more than 3,500 people across the region, including more than 1,200 in Lebanon, and displaced over 4 million people in Iran and Lebanon.”
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