President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against Iran on Wednesday, calling the Iranians 'evil and mentally ill people' and saying the US must 'cut out the cancer early,' according to a statement attributed to him. The remarks continue a series of sharp statements from Trump throughout the day.
President Trump's latest statement, calling Iranians 'evil and mentally ill' and saying 'cut out the cancer early,' was attributed to him by his office shortly before 13:23 Jerusalem. The remark is the latest in a day of escalating rhetoric.
At 11:13 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported a rapid sequence of statements from Trump. He first said 'they need to be uprooted from the root, like cancer' without specifying the target. Within minutes, he added 'we need to remove the tumor quickly,' then explicitly identified Iran as the cancer, and finally claimed he is on Iran's assassination list. The initial reports were attributed to the President's office. At 11:24, a subsequent bulletin reported Trump calling Iran 'a bunch of psychopaths' and declaring the ceasefire over. Additional statements followed at 11:25 and 12:09, including calling Iranians 'sick people' and saying the memorandum of understanding is over. By 12:20, he again claimed to be on the assassination list, and at 12:34 he called Iranians 'scum' and said the US 'hit them 20 times more than before tonight.'
The Zioneer has previously reported on Trump's evolving stance, including his June 10 statement that he believed Iranians want a deal, and the July 1 report of his engagement with moderate interlocutors while hardline ayatollahs called for his assassination.
The source of the latest statement remains an attribution; no direct quote from Trump has been confirmed. The practical implications of the rhetoric—whether it signals a change in military posture—remain unclear.
5 developments
- StrongTrump says Iran 'psychopaths, cancer,' ceasefire over
- DevelopingTrump says he does not want a deal with Iran, calls them 'sick people'
- StrongTrump calls Iranians 'scum,' says 'we hit them 20 times more than before tonight'
- StrongTrump warns US may be forced to 'militarily complete the job' against Iran
Source and signal
- Internal intake