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muriel_volestrangler

(107,102 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:08 AM Yesterday

Trump threatens to expand strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure

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

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Trump threatens to expand strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Yesterday OP
He knows he's already a war criminal, So why not keep war criming. PuraVidaDreamin Yesterday #1
Besides, isn't Rubia dismantling the ICC? ananda 16 hrs ago #23
He sure is- Please World! Sanction the United States! PuraVidaDreamin 13 hrs ago #33
And the Generals who carry out those orders are committing war crimes as well. Cattledog Yesterday #2
NO SHIT Cd popsdenver 15 hrs ago #27
It's almost like he's goading Iran to attack the.American people. Hope22 Yesterday #3
Another 9/11 would help the Republicans immensely popsdenver 15 hrs ago #29
Perfect reason to suspend midterms. I think Iran would recognize that. This is all on TSF. He started it Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #30
I would hope that would be considered aiding and abetting the enemy purr-rat beauty 12 hrs ago #36
Gawd....your more stupid than Bush.idiot and I didn't think that was possible Bengus81 Yesterday #4
Yeah, ours dipped briefly under three bucks a gallon, now back to about three fifty. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #5
Our gas was around $4 during the COVID-crisis sakabatou 20 hrs ago #9
pathetic azureblue Yesterday #6
Before you begin a journey of revenge, multigraincracker Yesterday #7
Maybe as an added bonus he can bomb more schools Bayard 22 hrs ago #8
Have any Christian or Jewish churches or synagogues been hit? ChicagoTeamster 19 hrs ago #10
What Fatbob Smellypants... GiqueCee 19 hrs ago #12
It can't come soon enough ChicagoTeamster 19 hrs ago #14
Ya got that right! GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #21
Takes his base's eyes off the payout to Carroll Torchlight 19 hrs ago #11
Supreme Court sez it's all good. LudwigPastorius 19 hrs ago #13
Six of them are WAR CRIMINALS too! PuraVidaDreamin 18 hrs ago #19
Some negotiator. Progressive dog 19 hrs ago #15
ICE on foreign soil. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #16
Let's do the time warp again. mwb970 18 hrs ago #17
Well now the gulf-states can say buh-bye to their water supply! Crowman2009 18 hrs ago #18
You think some of those Gulf States are who he is afraid PuraVidaDreamin 18 hrs ago #20
Well now, maybe gas Will head back up to $7 gallon? bluestarone 18 hrs ago #22
It is not Trump who is to blame popsdenver 15 hrs ago #24
Except I think he's exceptionally blood thirsty, and might do crap like that. electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #26
There's gotta be some kind of choreography put to this Montauk6 15 hrs ago #25
This is inevitable. Klarkashton 15 hrs ago #28
And so when Iranian drones that are jet powered with anti detection technology hits D.C.'s power grid, Botany 14 hrs ago #31
Got yourself in a pickle there Donnie. paleotn 14 hrs ago #32
God I'm so tired of his bullshit! Initech 13 hrs ago #34
Now we know why they want to do away with th ICC. republianmushroom 12 hrs ago #35

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,776 posts)
1. He knows he's already a war criminal, So why not keep war criming.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:18 AM
Yesterday

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.

popsdenver

(2,943 posts)
27. NO SHIT Cd
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:23 PM
15 hrs ago

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

(4,992 posts)
3. It's almost like he's goading Iran to attack the.American people.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:10 AM
Yesterday

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

popsdenver

(2,943 posts)
29. Another 9/11 would help the Republicans immensely
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:25 PM
15 hrs ago

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

Deuxcents

(28,518 posts)
30. Perfect reason to suspend midterms. I think Iran would recognize that. This is all on TSF. He started it
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:36 PM
15 hrs ago

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

purr-rat beauty

(1,794 posts)
36. I would hope that would be considered aiding and abetting the enemy
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:14 PM
12 hrs ago

even subtly doing it should be a crime ----- especially coming from the President

but....If they could just hit Mar A Lago while it's packed with all the shit bags

Bengus81

(10,750 posts)
4. Gawd....your more stupid than Bush.idiot and I didn't think that was possible
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:37 AM
Yesterday

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.

azureblue

(2,792 posts)
6. pathetic
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:03 AM
Yesterday

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

Bayard

(30,931 posts)
8. Maybe as an added bonus he can bomb more schools
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:15 AM
22 hrs ago

He probably relishes the term, "war criminal."

ChicagoTeamster

(1,602 posts)
10. Have any Christian or Jewish churches or synagogues been hit?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:47 PM
19 hrs ago

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

GiqueCee

(5,284 posts)
12. What Fatbob Smellypants...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:59 PM
19 hrs ago

... 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.

GiqueCee

(5,284 posts)
21. Ya got that right!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:14 PM
18 hrs ago

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

Torchlight

(7,453 posts)
11. Takes his base's eyes off the payout to Carroll
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:58 PM
19 hrs ago

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

(15,361 posts)
13. Supreme Court sez it's all good.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:00 PM
19 hrs ago

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

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,776 posts)
19. Six of them are WAR CRIMINALS too!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:11 PM
18 hrs ago

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

Progressive dog

(7,665 posts)
15. Some negotiator.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:26 PM
19 hrs ago

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.

Crowman2009

(3,666 posts)
18. Well now the gulf-states can say buh-bye to their water supply!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:47 PM
18 hrs ago

Dubai is going to be a ghost town soon enough.

bluestarone

(22,686 posts)
22. Well now, maybe gas Will head back up to $7 gallon?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:15 PM
18 hrs ago

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

(2,943 posts)
24. It is not Trump who is to blame
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:05 PM
15 hrs ago

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...

Montauk6

(9,350 posts)
25. There's gotta be some kind of choreography put to this
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:15 PM
15 hrs ago

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

Botany

(78,474 posts)
31. And so when Iranian drones that are jet powered with anti detection technology hits D.C.'s power grid,
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:49 PM
14 hrs ago

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

(23,289 posts)
32. Got yourself in a pickle there Donnie.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:28 PM
14 hrs ago

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.

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