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Donald Trump threatened major retaliation after Iran launched multiple attacks early Friday against Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones in Saudi Arabia.
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It came after Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mokhtaba Khamenei, issued a warning to its neighbors about potentially hosting US bases.
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Writing on his Truth Social media platform, the US president said:
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Iran’s Navy is gone, its Air Force no longer exists, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and its leaders have been wiped off the face of the earth.
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Look what happens to these deranged bastards today.
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He added:
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They have been killing innocent people around the world for 47 years and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them.
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What a great honor it is to do so!
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Meanwhile, four of the six crew members aboard a US military plane that crashed in western Iraq have died, the US military said as rescue efforts continued for the remaining two.
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The KC-135 military refueling plane crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident the military said involved another plane but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.
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In other developments:
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The US Senate failed to pass a funding bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), amid a partial shutdown lasting almost a month.
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In a surprising twist, an event at the White House in honor of Women’s History Month ended with a medal awarded to… donald trump.
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The United States temporarily suspended sanctions on the sale of Russian oil and issued a Treasury Department license to allow the sale of Russian crude oil and petroleum products loaded on ships until April 11. “It seems that we fought against Iran and Russia won.” Brian Schatzobserved a Democratic senator from Hawaii.
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Two Democratic senators, Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van HollenCalled for US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “be fired immediately” for the killing of dozens of Iranian schoolgirls aged seven to 12 in a missile attack on the first day of the US-Israel 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 Mohamed Jalloha former member of the Army National Guard who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State.
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The FBI said it is investigating the crash of a car into a Michigan synagogue as “an act of violence directed against the Jewish community.”
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Trump threatens major retaliation against Iran after attacks on Gulf states
Hello and welcome to the American politics live blog.
Donald Trump threatened major retaliation after Iran launched multiple attacks early Friday against Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones in Saudi Arabia.
It came after Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mokhtaba Khamenei, issued a warning to its neighbors about potentially hosting US bases.
Writing on his Truth Social media platform, the US president said:
Iran’s Navy is gone, its Air Force no longer exists, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and its leaders have been wiped off the face of the earth.
Look what happens to these deranged bastards today.
He added:
They have been killing innocent people around the world for 47 years and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them.
What a great honor it is to do so!
Meanwhile, four of the six crew members aboard a US military plane that crashed in western Iraq have died, the US military said as rescue efforts continued for the remaining two.
The KC-135 military refueling plane crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident the military said involved another plane but was not the result of hostile 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), amid a partial shutdown lasting almost a month.
-
In a surprising twist, an event at the White House in honor of Women’s History Month ended with a medal awarded to… donald trump.
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The United States temporarily suspended sanctions on the sale of Russian oil and issued a Treasury Department license to allow the sale of Russian crude oil and petroleum products loaded on ships until April 11. “It seems that we fought against Iran and Russia won.” Brian Schatzobserved a Democratic senator from Hawaii.
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Two Democratic senators, Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van HollenCalled for US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “be fired immediately” for the killing of dozens of Iranian schoolgirls aged seven to 12 in a missile attack on the first day of the US-Israel 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 Mohamed Jalloha former member of the Army National Guard who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State.
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The FBI said it is investigating the crash of a car into a Michigan synagogue as “an act of violence directed against the Jewish community.”
