Trump issues fresh Iran warning, calling regime ‘deranged scumbags’ – US politics live | Donald Trump
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth will hold another morning media briefing alongside Gen. Dan Caine, providing an update on the U.S. war against Iran.
You can follow along at 8 a.m. ET via our Middle East live blog, where all the headlines will be available here:
Trump threatens major retaliation against Iran after attacks on Gulf countries
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Donald Trump threatened major retaliation after Iran launched multiple attacks on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones in Saudi Arabia, early Friday.
This comes after Iran’s new religious leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, warned his neighbors about hosting American bases.
Writing on social media platform Truth, the US president said:
Iran’s Navy is gone, its Air Force is no more, its missiles, drones and everything else are being destroyed and its leaders wiped off the face of the earth.
Watch what happens to these unstable bastards today.
He added:
They have been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I am killing them as the 47th President of the United States.
What an honor it is to do this!
Meanwhile, the US military said that four of the six crew members on the US military plane that crashed in western Iraq died, and rescue efforts were continuing for the remaining two.
A KC-135 military refueling plane crashed in western Iraq on Thursday; in an incident that the military said involved another aircraft but was not the result of enemy or friendly fire.
In other developments:
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The US Senate failed to pass a funding bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after almost a month of partial shutdown.
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Surprisingly, the event held at the White House in honor of Women’s History Month ended with the presentation of medals to the women. Donald Trump.
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The United States temporarily suspended sanctions on the sale of Russian oil by issuing a Treasury Department license allowing the sale of Russian crude oil and oil products loaded on ships until April 11. “Apparently we went to war with Iran and Russia won.” Brian SchatzA Democratic senator from Hawaii observed this.
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Two Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren And Chris Van HollenCalls have been made for the “immediate firing” of US defense secretary Pete Hegseth after dozens of Iranian schoolgirls aged seven to 12 were killed in a missile attack on the first day of the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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The suspect who killed one person and injured two others at Old Dominion University was identified by authorities as follows: Mohammed JallohA former member of the national guard army who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State.
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The FBI said it was investigating the crash of a car into a synagogue in Michigan as “a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.”
