Democrats blast Trump for Iran ‘war crimes’ threat; Republicans supportive

Several members of US Congress question president’s fitness for office after his expletive-laden Easter Sunday message.Several Democrats have condemned Donald Trump after the United States president renewed his threat to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure in a profanity-laden message.Democratic legislators questioned the Republican’s mental stability after an Easter Sunday message in which he threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges, which legal experts said would amount to war crimes.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How US operation to rescue air officer from Iran unfoldedlist 2 of 3In maps and photos: Five Iranian civilian bridges at risk of US strikeslist 3 of 3Where are Iran’s power plants that Trump has threatened to destroy?end of listCongresswoman Yassamin Ansari, who is of Iranian descent, called for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from the presidency, suggesting he is unfit to serve.“The President of the United States is a deranged lunatic, and a national security threat to our country and the rest of the world,” Ansari wrote in a social media post.For more than two weeks, Trump has been threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s civilian infrastructure if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz.But Sunday’s social media post – which coincided with the Easter holiday, included an expletive and invoked the name of Allah – was especially jarring to many of Trump’s critics at home and around the world.“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Trump wrote.“Open the F****n’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, called the message “disgusting and unhinged”.“Something is really wrong with this guy,” Jeffries wrote on X.‘Immoral madman’In the war’s opening US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, an attack on a girls school in the south of the country killed more than 170 people, mostly children.