Trump Threatens Bridge Destruction Like It’s a Middle School Science Project
KEY POINTS
- •Jamieson Greer faced tough questions from senators regarding recent tariffs and cost of living impacts on February 17, 2026.
- •Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that the US will destroy bridges or power plants near Tehran if Iran attacks ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
- •Meanwhile, colleagues covered breaking Middle East developments through a dedicated live blog as these statements rattled international diplomacy.
In a dazzling display of 21st century geo-diplomacy on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump announced that the US will obliterate a randomly chosen bridge or power plant near Tehran 'any time' Iran dares to shoot a ship in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Jamieson Greer, presumably brave and possibly bewildered, faced senators' grilling over how these tariff tangos and Trump's fiery Twitter ultimatums might slap a fresh layer of expenses onto America's already spicy cost of living. All this drama was dumped on us February 17, 2026, while colleagues chased breaking news from the Middle East via a 'dedicated live blog'—because multitasking peace and tariffs just doesn't cover it anymore.
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(1 of 3)When you spell 'diplomacy' T-R-U-M-P and choose 'destroy infrastructure' as your latest foreign policy flex, diplomacy's new face just flashed a power plant’s lights out.
Breaking bridges equals making friends? Trump's foreign policy sounds like it belongs in a toddler’s handbook for 'How to Lose All Your Toys'.
I signed up for clear foreign policy, but all I got was a Trump tweet promising bridge demolitions like a sibling rivalry gone nuclear.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 7/22/2026 | Author: Shrai Popat (now); Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
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