Trump threatens to expand strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump has threatened to expand US strikes on Iran next week to target power plants and bridges if Tehran does not agree to a deal amid a continuing dispute over the strait of Hormuz.

“Next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges,” the US president said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday. “We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”

Trump made similar comments in March, when he threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power stations and fresh water plants if Tehran did not agree to peace terms “shortly”. Destroying civilian infrastructure such as power and water facilities would be illegal under international humanitarian law and would probably constitute a war crime.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/15/trump-iran-power-plants-strike-threat-strait-of-hormuz

[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. He knows he's already a war criminal, So why not keep war criming.

Blowback on the US might not come from all the other countries the US has meddled with.
Blowback on the US people is going to come from The KING of ALL WAR CRiMINALS.

[ananda]

23. Besides, isn't Rubia dismantling the ICC?

???

[PuraVidaDreamin]

33. He sure is- Please World! Sanction the United States!

Rubio is a war criminal now too.l

[Cattledog]

2. And the Generals who carry out those orders are committing war crimes as well.

[popsdenver]

27. NO SHIT Cd

tells you which side they are all on............

I was in hopes they would all figure out what the Republicans are doing, and pull a military coup and throw them out of office across the entire U.S..........

Guess Not.............

[Hope22]

3. It's almost like he's goading Iran to attack the.American people.

He won’t be happy until the war comes home. The thrill of seeing all of us squirm.

[popsdenver]

29. Another 9/11 would help the Republicans immensely

Just like it helped Cheney/Rummy/WB when they allowed 9/11 to happen..........

[Deuxcents]

30. Perfect reason to suspend midterms. I think Iran would recognize that. This is all on TSF. He started it

But can’t finish it. His negotiation team, if you can call it that, is way out of their league and useless

[Bengus81]

4. Gawd....your more stupid than Bush.idiot and I didn't think that was possible

Get those FUCKING gas prices up another 1.00 per gallon before the election Trump and then yell rigged.

We had to get gas yesterday, it's up 40 cents from a couple of weeks ago.

[mwmisses4289]

5. Yeah, ours dipped briefly under three bucks a gallon, now back to about three fifty.

[sakabatou]

9. Our gas was around $4 during the COVID-crisis

But now it’s crawling towards $7.

[azureblue]

6. pathetic

Iran is ignoring his empty threats, since they know they hold the cards, so Trump is threatening to attack its people to get his way. To end a war he started for no reason at all but to make himself look better than Obama..

Sick

[multigraincracker]

7. Before you begin a journey of revenge,

first dig two graves.

[Bayard]

8. Maybe as an added bonus he can bomb more schools

He probably relishes the term, "war criminal."

[ChicagoTeamster]

10. Have any Christian or Jewish churches or synagogues been hit?

I thought the Trump administration was protecting Christians abroad. He bombed Nigeria under that pretense.

[GiqueCee]

12. What Fatbob Smellypants...

... says, and what he does are all too often diametric opposites. He is an unspeakably evil creature devoid of any redeeming qualities whatsoever, not one. I would say the same is true of anyone who still supports him, plus, if they support a traitor, they ARE traitors, and will be dealt with accordingly when the time comes. And the time IS coming.

[ChicagoTeamster]

14. It can't come soon enough

[GiqueCee]

21. Ya got that right!

Yesterday woulda been nice, but tomorrow'll do. I ain't holding my breath, though.

[Torchlight]

11. Takes his base's eyes off the payout to Carroll

I think even trump is learning he gets spanked hard every time he puts his nose into the middle east and at this point, his 'glorious little wars' (of words) are simply to distract Joe Sixpack from his strings of embarrassing failures, losses and flaws this summer.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. Supreme Court sez it's all good.

Trump can literally shoot someone on 5th Avenue as long as it’s an “official act”.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

19. Six of them are WAR CRIMINALS too!

Is his East wing bunker going to be finished before January 2027?

[Progressive dog]

15. Some negotiator.

How many civilians will that stupid POS kill by destroying their infrastructure? How many of the Iranian people will lose so much that they will spend their lives trying to get even?
That psychopathic narcissist is destroying everything that America used to stand for and those gutless Republican terrorist clowns are cheering him on.

[twodogsbarking]

16. ICE on foreign soil.

[mwb970]

17. Let's do the time warp again.

[Crowman2009]

18. Well now the gulf-states can say buh-bye to their water supply!

Dubai is going to be a ghost town soon enough.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

20. You think some of those Gulf States are who he is afraid

of unaliving him?

[bluestarone]

22. Well now, maybe gas Will head back up to $7 gallon?

Is this truly what they want just before November? (it was coming down with TSF price fixing it) I say, GO AHEAD MAKE OUR DAY!!

[popsdenver]

24. It is not Trump who is to blame

It is the entire Republican Senate, the entire Republican House, and the Republican Supreme Court justices that are enabling him to psychotically act out........

Let's put the blame where it truly rests..........he couldn't stay in power for one day, if it weren't for them backing his every move, and quite possibly allowing the 2025 group to direct him...

[electric_blue68]

26. Except I think he's exceptionally blood thirsty, and might do crap like that.

[Montauk6]

25. There's gotta be some kind of choreography put to this

TRUMP THREATENS, 1-2
TRUMP TACO'S, 3-4
TRUMP THREATENS, 1-2
TRUMP TACO'S, 3-4
TRUMP THREATENS, 1-2
TRUMP TACO'S, 3-4

[Klarkashton]

28. This is inevitable.

He doesn't know what the hell to do.

[Botany]

31. And so when Iranian drones that are jet powered with anti detection technology hits D.C.'s power grid,

water supply facilities, along with the Key Bridge it will all be Trump’s fault, right? The drone might
be Chinese made and the targeting information might come from Russian Satellites.

Trump is a baby with a machine gun and a chain saw.

[paleotn]

32. Got yourself in a pickle there Donnie.

Escalation will only cause Iran to dig their heels in deeper. He can either, A, give in to their demands and look weak, or B, continue the conflict, damaging the US and global economy just in time for the mid-terms. There is no choice C.

There are a bunch of good reasons why no US admin since Reagan has stupidly chosen to go there.

[Initech]

34. God I'm so tired of his bullshit!