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Today the president held a press conference about the war in Iran. When asked if he’s winding down or escalating, he said “I don’t know.” He then threatened to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran by tomorrow night — civilian infrastructure that powers hospitals and water treatment. That’s a war crime under the Geneva Convention. As Allison Gill of Mueller, She Wrote has documented, the deadline has moved seven times - March 23, March 27, March 30, April 1, April 4, April 6, and now April 7 at 8 PM - always timed to when stock markets are closed. He claimed that Iranian civilians are begging the US to keep bombing through intercepts. He threatened to jail a journalist for reporting a downed fighter jet. He said some military leaders pushed back on the rescue operation, then pointed at Hegseth and said “these two were totally on board” - the same Hegseth who fired the Army Chief of Staff and two other generals last week for pushing back. War crimes experts say the threats alone are criminal. The Red Cross said today that threats against civilian infrastructure cannot become the new norm in warfare. 3,400 people are dead across the Middle East.