Trump sparks nuclear doomsday fears with ‘day of reckoning’ threat to Iran | World | News

US President Donald Trump triggered the alarm against the possibility of a nuclear disaster by warning that Iran could be destroyed overnight.

The United States and Israel have been at odds with Iran since February 28, when the countries launched a joint attack on several key Iranian regions. Iran retaliated by attacking regions in the Middle East, throwing the region into turmoil

Trump held a press conference at the White House on Monday as concerns intensified about a general crisis in the Middle East.

Social media users raised the alarm that nuclear weapons could be deployed, questioning how an entire nation could be “eliminated overnight”. reports the mirror.

One user posted on social media platform X: “The only way to destroy a country overnight is with nuclear weapons.”

The Express was unable to confirm whether the deployment of nuclear warfare would have the effect of destroying an entire nation.

Trump spoke just hours after threatening to destroy Iran’s power plants.

He said he would bring “hell” to the country if his deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which ends at 8pm on Tuesday night (01am BST on Wednesday), is not met, and then added that the US would “blow up the whole country”.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day in Iran, all rolled into one,” Trump said on Truth Social on Easter Sunday. he said. “There will be nothing like this!!! Open the damn Throat, you crazy bastards, or you will live in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to God. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

The Strait of Hormuz remains a deeply divisive issue since hostilities began more than a month ago. Oil prices rose due to the strait, through which approximately 20 percent of global oil trade passes, remaining closed.