US President Donald Trump’s utterances have become increasingly unhinged, with a social media post on his Truth Social account on Easter Sunday, evoking disgust and horror.
His expletive-laden post was criticised the world over, with many commentators accusing Trump of openly threatening to commit war crimes in Iran.
The post read: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckin’ Strait, you crazy b*stards, or you’ll be living in Hell—JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
While many argued the post is not in Trump’s usual style, it does illustrate that perhaps Trump and the administration are getting increasingly desperate.
Political historian Heather Cox-Richardson, whose daily Facebook posts on the Trump Presidency have become essential reading, notes he is panicked that he has not been able to bully other countries into fixing the mess he created by attacking Iran and precipitating the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and is now simply trying to bully Iran.
In a column for The Guardian, Sidney Blumenthal, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, wrote that Trump “has declared ‘victory’ more than eight times,” says he has “won” more than ten times, and said Iranian forces have been “obliterated” or suffered “obliteration” more than six times.
Blumenthal noted Trump is now threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power grid and has used the words “decimate” or “decimation” at least six times.
Cox-Richardson also notes that Trump’s expletive-laden post pushed back yet again the deadline for his threats to rain destruction on Iran, which he then extended again in another post: “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”
Other commentators have noted that his deadlines and his abandonment of them often seem tied to the rhythms of the stock market, which has prompted some American lawmakers to probe possible insider trading.
In an interview with Axios, also on Easter Sunday, Trump reiterated that “if they don’t make a deal, I am blowing up everything over there” but also said the U.S. is “in deep negotiations” with Iran and that he thinks a deal can be reached.
Some quotes from lawmakers who believe Trump should be removed from power:
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy: “If I were in Trump’s Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment. This is completely, utterly unhinged. He’s already killed thousands. He’s going to kill thousands more.”
Representative Yassamin Ansari: “The 25th Amendment exists for a reason. The President of the United States is a deranged lunatic, and a national security threat to our country and the rest of the world.”
Representative Melanie Stansbury: “The emperor has no clothes. Time for the #25thAmendment. Congress and the Cabinet must act.”
Former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump’s madness. I know all of you and him, and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit.”
At the traditional White House Easter Egg roll on Monday morning, Trump repeatedly veered off course.
While the occasion is meant to be a celebration, even the Easter Bunny seemed uneasy, as Trump told reporters:
“If it were up to me, I’d like to keep the oil. I just don’t think the people of the United States would really understand.”
He suggested that attacking Iran’s infrastructure wouldn’t be a war crime because “they killed 45,000 people in the last month. More than that. It could be as much as sixty. They killed protesters. They’re animals, and we have to stop them, and we can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump: “How did I do with the voters that do eggs? Did anybody in the egg industry vote for Kamala? A low IQ person. She’s a low IQ person.” pic.twitter.com/a780ZGDwEb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2026
Trump also claimed again that former presidents are telling him they wish they had done what he did in attacking Iran, but all four living ex-presidents have denied speaking to him.
A later press conference at the White House continued the trend of bizarre utterances and downright lies, as he told reporters that Iranians are upset when the strikes on their country stop.
“They would be willing to suffer that in order to have freedom. The Iranians have, and we’ve had numerous intercepts—’Please keep bombing.’ Bombs that are dropping near their homes. ‘Please keep bombing! Do it.’ And these are people that are living where the bombs are exploding, and when we leave and we’re not hitting those areas, they’re saying, “Please come back, come back, come back!’”
Trump: “Somebody said, ‘Oh, he doesn’t have a plan.’ I have the best plan of all, but I’m not going to tell you what my plan is.” pic.twitter.com/o0oti2gvmU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2026
As Trump’s deadline for Iran approaches, he posted another threat on Tuesday morning: “A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
A U.S. president threatens to exterminate a civilization
Genocidal language from a deranged person who should be removed from office pic.twitter.com/Q5TRbYZZ7z
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 7, 2026
*The article has been updated to reflect on Trump’s latest threat.
