U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 22, 2026, in Davos, Switzerland.

A growing list of Democrats in Washington questioning President Donald Trump’s mental fitness are calling for his impeachment after he made outlandish threats to Iran on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”

The president made those remarks after a missed arbitrary deadline to open up the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean and the focal point of the war.

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For weeks, Trump has been calling for the opening of the strait as shipments, most notably oil, have been blocked out by Iran, leading to exorbitant gas prices and tilting the global economy. The president has since announced a two-week ceasefire on the condition that........

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