Donald Trump has vowed to ‘obliterate’ Iran by destroying all of its bridges and power plants in just four hours on Tuesday night.
At news conference at the White House on Monday, he said ‘very little is off limits’, adding: ‘We have a plan because of the power of our military. Every bridge in Iran will be decimated by by 12 o’clock tomorrow night (05:00 BST Wednesday).
‘Every power plant will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again. I mean complete demolition by 12 o’clock. It will happen over a period of four hours if we want it to.’
Trump has given Tehran a deadline of 20:00 ET Tuesday night (01:00 BST Wednesday) to make a deal with the US or face ‘living in hell’ within just four hours.
He added: ‘We don’t want that to happen. We may even get involved with them rebuild their nation. If that’s the case, the last thing we want to do is start with power plants which are among the most expensive things – and bridges.’
The president also vowed to find the ‘sick person’ who ‘leaked’ details of the ‘very historic’ US rescue mission of a downed airman in Iran.
Speaking at the White House, he said his administration is looking ‘very hard’ to find the person responsible for the leak.
Mr Trump said this is a matter of ‘national security’ before warning the reporter they will be imprisoned if they don’t reveal who gave them information.
‘They put the mission at great risk,’ Mr Trump said.
