Donald Trump Launches Foul-Mouthed Online Rant In Latest Deranged Iran Outburst

Posted on 05/04/2026 by Boris Clair

Donald Trump has launched a foul-mouthed rant against Iran as his deadline for the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz approaches.

The US president has given Tehran until Monday to begin allowing oil tankers to once again pass through the key shipping lane unaided.

Around one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through the strait, but that as all-but ceased since Iran began attacking ships in retaliation for America and Israel’s bombing campaign against the country.

That has sent oil prices soaring, sparking fears of a global economic meltdown.

Trump warned Iran on Saturday that “all hell will reign down” if it did not re-open the strait within 48 hours.

In a fresh post on Truth Social on Sunday, the president listed the Iranian targets that America will hit unless Tehran complies.

He said: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

He also told Fox News: ”“If [Iran doesn’t] make a deal, and fast, I’m considering blowing everything up and taking the oil. You’re going to see bridges and power plants dropping all over their country.”

A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that attacking power plants and bridges would be against international law.

Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, told the BBC: “This stuff isn’t negotiable. You don’t hit civilian infrastructure.

“You don’t hit schools, you don’t hit energy sources, you don’t hit bridges. Those are war crimes. That is absolutely clear in international law.

“But somewhere along the way we seem to have thrown that all aside and we’ve chosen impunity, indifference, game show gambling over solidarity and humanity.”

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‘Those Are War Crimes’: United Nations Chief Condemns Trump’s Latest Iran Threats

Posted on 03/04/2026 by Boris Clair

A senior United Nations officials has warned Donald Trump that targeting key civilian infrastructure in Iran would be “war crimes”.

The US president said bridges and power plants could be destroyed unless the regime in Tehran agrees a peace deal to end the conflict.

His comments, in a post on Truth Social, came nearly five weeks after the war began with a wave of Israeli and US strikes.

Trump said: “Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants! New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!”

But speaking on Radio 4′s Today programme, Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, said that would be a clear violation of international law.

He said: “This is infuriating. We’re dealing with the intended and unintended consequences of this reckless conflict, and I think what everyone is observing now is that war is not a television game show.

“Peacemaking is not a real estate deal and the world is not a casino and these actions have real consequences.”

Fletcher added: “This has been a gradual and then very sudden deterioration in the way that we talk about protection of civilians, the way that we talk about international humanitarian law.

“This stuff isn’t negotiable. You don’t hit civilian infrastructure.

“You don’t hit schools, you don’t hit energy sources, you don’t hit bridges. Those are war crimes. That is absolutely clear in international law.

“But somewhere along the way we seem to have thrown that all aside and we’ve chosen impunity, indifference, game show gambling over solidarity and humanity.”

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“You don’t hit schools, you don’t hit energy sources, you don’t hit bridges: those are war crimes.”

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher criticises actions in the Iran war and says leaders have chosen ‘game show gambling’ over humanity by hitting civilian infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/boGJjSsZbp

— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) April 3, 2026

Emmanuel Macron Hits Back At Donald Trump Over Comments About His Wife

Posted on 02/04/2026 by Boris Clair

Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump after he mocked the French president over an altercation he appeared to have with his wife.

The US president said Macron was “still recovering from the right to the jaw” after the incident last year.

Bridgette Macron was filmed apparently pushing her husband in the face shortly before they disembarked from his presidential plane.

In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, Trump referred to the incident as he criticised the French for not getting involved in the Iran war.

He said: “Macron, whose wife treats him extremely badly. He’s still recovering the right to the jaw.”

Speaking during a state visit to South Korea, Macron said: “The remarks I have heard are neither elegant nor up to standard.

“So I am not going to respond to them. They do not merit a response.”

The French president said Trump’s previous suggestion that the international community use force to re-open the Strait of Hormuz was “unrealistic”.

He also condemned Trump’s criticism of Nato and hints that America could leave the military alliance.

Macron said: “I believe that organisations and alliances like Nato are defined by what is left unsaid – that is, the trust that underpins them, and that has often been the case, incidentally, with military and strategic matters.

“If you cast doubt on your commitment every day, you erode its very substance.”

He added: “We need to be serious, and if you want to be serious, you don’t go around saying the opposite of what you said the day before.

“I think there is too much talk.”

Rachel Reeves Admits She Is ‘Angry’ With Trump For Starting War In Iran

Posted on 01/04/2026 by Boris Clair

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted she is “angry” at Donald Trump for starting the war in Iran.

Iranian troops have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz ever since the US president decided to bomb Iran in late February.

Closing the major oil shipping lane has sent oil prices rising and rocked the global economy.

The president has attacked allies, particularly the UK, for not supporting his efforts.

He has called the Royal Navy “too old” and threatened to pull out of Nato after claiming the defence organisation has not given him “automatic” backing.

But Keir Starmer has held his own, reiterating on Wednesday that Britain would not be “dragged” into the conflict – while also warning that economic strains lie ahead.

Speaking to Radio 2′s Jeremy Vine, Reeves went further and said she was “angry” over Trump’s decision to bomb Iran.

She said: “I’m angry that Donald Trump has chosen to go to war in the Middle East – a war that there’s not a clear plan of how to get out of it.

“It’s why we didn’t want to enter this.

“Yes it will have implications for our economy, I get that.

“We are monitoring very closely what’s happening – trying to bring the oil and gas into the UK so that those supplies are there and get the prices down. We are monitoring the situation very carefully.”

“We are preparing – as you would expect me to be – for every single eventuality to make sure there alongside people, standing beside them, keeping costs down for everyone.”

The White House is trying to find an off-ramp to end the conflict and Trump claims Iran has asked for a ceasefire.

The president also told Reuters that the US will be “out of Iran pretty quickly” now Iran are supposedly “incapable” of using a nuclear weapon.

Iran has denied the claim and say the strait is “fully” under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

‘Asinine BS’: RFK Jr. Blasted Over This ‘Genuinely Crazy’ Trump Claim

Posted on 29/03/2026 by Boris Clair

Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who once flexed his disdain for Donald Trump and his base of “belligerent idiots,” stressed on Saturday that he “drank the Kool-Aid,” and the president wasn’t as “ill-informed” as he once believed.

In remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Kennedy claimed Trump has “encyclopedic, molecular knowledge” across a “wide range of very, very eclectic interests” before recalling a time the two dined on McDonald’s aboard his plane during the 2024 campaign.

“We started talking about Syria and he got a placemat and he turned it on its back and then he took a Sharpie and drew a perfect map of the Mid East,” said Kennedy of Trump, who claimed that he “never wrote a picture” in his life last year while denying that he gave a racy 2003 birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein.

Kennedy continued, “Then he put the troop strength of every country on every border on that map. It challenged a lot of the assumptions that I had been told about him.”

He added that Trump has an “extraordinary depth of knowledge” about what’s happening in each agency alongside an “instinct for making good choices” before concluding that the president is better than his uncle, John F. Kennedy, at understanding the use of power in the White House.

Social media users swiftly clowned Kennedy over his Trump story, with one user on X calling out the health secretary over his “asinine BS” and another writing that it’s “genuinely crazy to watch the North Korean level hero worship manifest in real time.”

Starmer Tells Trump: You Can’t Pressure Me Over Iran War

Posted on 23/03/2026 by Boris Clair

Keir Starmer has told Donald Trump he won’t be “pressured” into changing his position on the Iran war.

The prime minister said he “will not be wavering” in his belief that America and Israel’s attacks were illegal and that the president has no plan for what comes next.

Starmer angered Trump by initially refusing permission for American jets to use RAF bases to launch bombing raids.

Giving evidence to the Liaison Committee of senior MPs, the PM said: “The principles I’ve applied throughout is that for any UK action, there must be a lawful basis, and a viable and thought-through plan. That is why we didn’t join the original offensive strikes.”

He added: “This is not our war, and we are not getting dragged into this war.”

Trump has launched a series of attacks on the PM since the war began more than three weeks ago.

His most recent jibe came on Sunday when he shared a Saturday Night Live UK sketch portraying Starmer as weak, indecisive and scared of Trump.

Asked by Liaison Committee chair Meg Hillier about the president’s “quite rude” behaviour, the PM said: “I’m utterly focused on what is in the best interests of our country and I am unapologetic about that.

“Notwithstanding the pressure that comes from elsewhere, I will remain laser focused on what is in the British national interest.

“And a lot of what is said or done is undoubtedly said and done to put pressure on me, I have no doubt about that. I understand what is going on.

“But I am not going to waver on this. I am the British prime minister and my job is to be absolutely focused on what is in the British national interest.

“That has served me well in recent weeks and that is the principle that I will continue to adhere to as we go forward taking difficult decisions.”

‘This Is Not Our War’: Starmer Distances Himself From Trump’s Attacks On Iran

Posted on 23/03/2026 by Boris Clair

Keir Starmer has said America and Israel’s bombing of Iran is “not our war” as he defending his approach to the conflict.

In comments which risk further angering Donald Trump, the prime minister said the UK is “not getting dragged into” the war, despite giving US jets permission to fly their missions from RAF bases.

He also repeated his claim that there is no “lawful basis” for Trump’s war or “a viable and thought-through plan” for what comes next.

His comments, while giving evidence to a committee of senior MPs, came after Trump backed down over his threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants unless they re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

The US president said his decision followed “very good and productive conversations” with Tehran over the weekend.

Starmer said: “On Iran, the principles I’ve applied throughout is that for any UK action, there must be a lawful basis, and a viable and thought-through plan. That is why we didn’t join the original offensive strikes.

“It is why we did take defensive action, collective self-defensive action on our own behalf, when it came to the work that we are doing with our allies in the region, taking missiles out that are coming from Iran. It is also why we allowed our bases to be used for the purposes of collective self-defence.

“But that’s an important divide. So collective self-defence, yes, we’ve taken appropriate action. But this is not our war, and we are not getting dragged into this war.”

Trump has made a number of outspoken attacks on Starmer since the war began more than three weeks ago.

And on Sunday, he posted on Truth Social a Saturday Night Live UK sketch which portrayed the PM as weak, indecisive and afraid of the president.

Asked how he is personally facing the challenges posed by the unpredictable president, Starmer said: “I will remain laser-focused on what is in the British national interest.

“A lot of what is said and done is undoubtedly said and done to put pressure on me, I have no doubt about that, I understand exactly what is going on.

“But I’m not going to be wavering on this. I’m the British prime minister and my job is to be absolutely focused on what is in the British national interest.

“That has served me well in recent weeks and that is the principle that I’ll continue to adhere to going forward, taking difficult decisions, notwithstanding the pressure than comes from a number of different places.”

Ex-UK Ambassador To Iran Warns Situation Could ‘Flip’ Again After Trump U-Turn

Posted on 23/03/2026 by Boris Clair

A former UK ambassador to Iran warned the war in the Middle East could “flip just as quickly” again after Donald Trump declared a five-day pause in hostilities.

Over the weekend, the US president appeared to escalate the war by threatening to “obliterate” Iranian energy sites on Sunday – unless Tehran opened the major oil shipping lane, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours.

But the president suddenly U-turned on his claim on Monday, after supposedly having “very good and productive” conversations with Iran.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said: “I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period.”

But former British ambassador to Iran, Nicholas Hopton, said this does not mean the war is over.

He told Times Radio: “The war has become clearly ill-conceived from its inception, the possible existence of an off-ramp now and the president’s willingness to retain the idea of negotiations with Iran must be seen as a positive.

“I’m afraid we could see this situation flip around just as quickly again by the end of the week.

“The president could be threatening again or even carrying out attacks on the oil infrastructure which, of course, the Iranians have said they will retaliate to by attacking the Gulf countries’ infrastructure by attacking oil production facilities and other infrastructure if the US carries out that.

“The Gulf countries have been pushing the White House very hard because that would be very difficult, almost existential in some ways, for their normal existence.”

Asked if Tehran will consider Trump’s U-turn a victory, Hopton said: “I think so. They are unlikely to say as much, the regime’s main objective is to survive.

“Of course, for the time being, it is surviving.”

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“I’m afraid we can see this situation flip around just as quickly again.”

Trump’s five-day pause on Iran strikes suggests the US may be seeking an “off ramp”, but the conflict could quickly escalate again, says former British ambassador to Iran @NicholasHopton. pic.twitter.com/3AsvVdaR2h

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) March 23, 2026

In response to the president’s post, Iranian IRGC-affiliated news agency, Fars News Agency, quoted an unnamed Iranian source who said there had been “no direct or indirect contact with Trump”.

They claimed that upon “hearing our targets would include all power stations in West Asia, he backed down”.

But the president told reporters he was speaking to the “top person” in Iran – though that was not the supreme leader.

He told CNN: “A top person. Don’t forget: We’ve wiped out the leadership phase one, phase two, and largely phase three.

“But we’re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader, you know it’s a little tough, they’ve wiped out – we’ve wiped out everybody.”

He added that he is not talking to the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Trump insisted that ending Iran’s nuclear programme is essential for any future agreement.

“We are very willing to make a deal. it’s got to be good deal and it’s got to be no more wars, no more nuclear weapons,” Trump told reporters.

“They’re not going to have nuclear weapons anymore. They’re agreeing to that. Any of that stuff, there is no deal.”

If there was no deal, he claimed “we will just keep bombing our little hearts out”.

Starmer Slammed After Trump Allowed To Expand Use Of RAF Bases To Bomb Iran

Posted on 20/03/2026 by Boris Clair

Keir Starmer has been criticised after giving the US the green light to expand their use of RAF bases to bomb Iran.

Downing Street announced that American jets will be allowed to use British bases to strike sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz.

It marks a significant shift in the government’s approach to the UK’s involvement in the war.

Starmer initially refused Donald Trump’s request to use RAF bases to bomb Iran at the start of the war.

However, the prime minister then decided to allow them to launch “defensive” missions against missile launch sites.

A Downing Street spokesman said those attacks can now be expanded as part of efforts to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around one-fifth of the global oil supply.

Its closure due to attacks by Iran on oil tankers has sent the price of oil soaring and sparked fears of a global economic crisis.

The No.10 spokesman said: ”[Ministers] confirmed that the agreement for the US to use UK bases in the collective self-defence of the region includes US defensive operations to degrade the missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

“They reaffirmed that the principles behind the UK’s approach to the conflict remain the same: the UK remains committed to defending our people, our interests and our allies, acting in accordance with international law and not getting drawn into the wider conflict.

“Ministers underlined the need for urgent de-escalation and a swift resolution to the war.”

Despite the shift in the UK’s position, Trump told reporters Starmer “should have acted a lot faster”.

He said: “I’m surprised because the relationship is so good, but this has never happened before.

“They were really, pretty much our first ally, all over the world.”

Posting on X, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said the PM had performed “the mother of all U-turns”.

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge added: “After weeks of dither and finger pointing, the prime minister has once again changed his mind and performed yet another screeching U-turn.

“The prime minister had the Navy’s only active minesweeper taken out of the Gulf a week before the war began. He dithered about sending a warship to help defend our base in Cyprus. And where we have been clear from the outset that we would have allowed our closest military ally to use our bases, Starmer has been all over the place.

“When we need strong leadership in challenging times, Starmer is weak and indecisive.”

A Green Party source said: “It is now beyond obvious Britain is involved in an offensive bombing campaign in Iran.

“Starmer has gone against our warnings, the public’s clearly stated opinion, and international law, and involved the UK in yet another illegal Middle East war. Starmer has learned nothing from the tragedy of Iraq.”

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