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Trump threatens Iran infrastructure strikes via Easter post, sets April 7 deadline

In an Easter Truth Social post on April 5, Trump threatened Iran would "live in hell" and declared "Tuesday is power plant day, bridge day" with an 8pm ET April 7 deadline for response. House Democrat Yasmine Ansari demanded 25th Amendment invocation, while legal experts flagged potential war crimes. The ultimatum marked an escalation in what analysts termed the "first major AI-era geopolitical crisis."

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