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Go short or long on war crimes?
Less than three hours before President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline for Iran to make a deal or face his apocalyptic warning of death and destruction, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.
As Donald Trump neared his self-imposed deadline to extinguish Iran’s “entire civilization,” it became apparent one country had enough clout to convince Tehran to deescalate: America’s biggest rival,
President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, conditional on opening the Strait of Hormuz, after threatening to wipe out Iran's 'whole civilization.'
"This war will be remembered as Trump's grave strategic miscalculation. One whose consequences reshaped the region in unintended ways," Middle East scholar Fawaz Gerges told Reuters.
The Iranian Navy has issued new threats to oil tankers attempting to transit the strait of Hormuz, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
A week of escalating rhetoric had Trump threatening to wipe out “a whole civilization” before backing down and announcing a two-week ceasefire.
President Donald Trump has the authority to enact new Iran-related duties under an emergency law the Supreme Court previously ruled could not be used to impose tariffs, his top economic adviser said.