The Civilization Trump Destroys May Be Our Own

Produced by Annie Galvin

The Civilization Trump Destroys May Be Our Own

This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.

A few weeks back, we did a show on whether the Iran war would break Trumpism. What we’ve seen over the past week is more specific: The Iran war is breaking Trump.

At 8:03 a.m. on Easter Sunday, Trump posted this to Truth Social:

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. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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. President DONALD J. TRUMP

That is even crazier when you read it aloud. But Trump followed up with another post on Tuesday that began:

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that........

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