{"id":4874,"date":"2026-07-24T20:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:37:39","slug":"trump-wont-say-if-blowing-up-iranian-bridges-or-power-plants-is-a-war-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4874","title":{"rendered":"Trump won\u2019t say if blowing up Iranian bridges or power plants is a war crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump is refusing to say whether he believes blowing up bridges and power plants in Iran would be considered a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4872\">Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump declined to explain his thinking on the subject during an Oval Office event about progress in reviving nuclear power in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t respond to that question,\u201d Mr. Trump said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump instead criticized the outlet of the reporter who asked the question, The New York Times, calling it a \u201cfailing\u201d enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>The president said there are two exit strategies from the U.S.-Iran war. The first involves \u201cknocking out everything they have,\u201d while the second involves striking a diplomatic deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to make a deal, I just don\u2019t think they\u2019re ready yet,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cSometimes they want to say they don\u2019t want to make a deal, they want to be the tough guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can just keep doing exactly what we\u2019re doing and take \u2018em apart piece by piece. Want do it in a more rapid fashion, which we might do,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cOr we can negotiate with them, which we\u2019ve also been doing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said the U.S. is \u201clocked and loaded,\u201d but his envoys are in constant contact with Iranian officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking right now, and we\u2019ll see what comes out of it,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cI\u2019m not in a hurry. We have to do it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4871\">Trump vows to crack down on Europe, add tariffs to battle hefty fines on U.S. tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the president threatened to escalate America\u2019s bombing of Iran if its forces continue to interfere with commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran,\u201d Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of Mr. Trump\u2019s approach to the war in Iran say targeting civilian infrastructure would amount to a war crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command says its recent bombing targets have been military sites that are responsible for harassing commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway between Iran and Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump launched the conflict against Iran on Feb. 28 to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran responded by clamping down on shipping in the strait, leading to cycles of attacks and peace negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4869\">Congressional Democrats say AOC has emerged as party leader, but less sure about \u201828 prospects<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump is refusing to say whether he believes blowing up bridges and power plants in Iran would be considered a war crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[14,17,96,642],"class_list":["post-4874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-the-new-york-times"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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