Trump issued this threat two days ago.
Many people and organizations reacted: The killing of an entire "civilization" would clearly constitute a genocide. Congress and the entire nation must renounce these threats. Our country's armed forces must be prepared to resist illegal orders to carry out a genocidal attack or any similar blanket attacks on civilian infrastructure amounting to war crimes.
Yesterday, as the deadline approached, Trump announced he had pulled back from this threat. Since the war began, trump has repeatedly imposed deadlines linked to threats only to extend them. The president said in his social media post that Iran has presented "a workable basis on which to negotiate."
In Rome, Pope Leo said Tuesday that the threats were "truly unacceptable" and that such attacks would violate international law. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that attacks targeting civilian and energy infrastructure would constitute a war crime. Trump has said he's "not at all" concerned about committing war crimes. A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "deeply troubled" by the threats, saying no military objective justified targeting civilian infrastructure.
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