September 2, 2026

Instead of trying to end his failed, unnecessary and spectacularly unpopular war against Iran, Donald Trump thinks he looks like a winner threatening nuclear war or something like it against the country.

Early Tuesday afternoon, Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst told viewers he had just spoken with Trump after he launched a new round of air strikes on the country he has said was already defeated.

According to Yingst, Trump “indicated that if the Iranians respond to these U.S. strikes against their country, the president said, ‘they’ll be hit much harder.’”

“Today’s strikes were a very big hit and if it goes a third time, they’re going to be totally wiped out as a country,” Trump also reportedly said.

While I’m sure the threat of war crimes aroused Low-T Petey Hegseth, who knows if Trump actually means it this time or if it’s just an excuse for another AI-slop social media post?

Regardless, threatening a war crime against a country in a war that Trump needlessly started and can’t find a way out of is beyond disgusting and horrifying.

It’s long past time for the media to stop pretending wannabe-emperor Trump is wearing any proverbial clothes. The man is not just dangerously unfit for office but dangerously deranged, period.

Whether Trump is BSing again this time or not is irrelevant

Fox correspondent: "I just spoke with President Trump who indicated that if the Iranians respond to these US strikes against their country, 'they'll be hit much harder ... if it goes a third time, they're going to be totally wiped out as a country.'"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-09-01T18:12:18.823Z

Is it a war crime? Is it a lie? Is it a war crime? Is it a lie? Is it a war crime? Is it a lie?

Tom Coates (@tomcoates.bsky.social) 2026-09-01T18:23:59.259Z

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