Overview
- The president warned on Truth Social that “an entire civilization” would be destroyed if Iran did not comply with his demands.
- Clooney, who spoke to thousands of students Wednesday in Cuneo, Italy, labeled that language a war crime and urged a basic standard of decency in politics.
- White House communications chief Steven Cheung answered by deriding Clooney’s films and acting, and hours later Trump called him a failed movie star on Truth Social.
- El Periódico reports the president has paused his threat for two weeks during talks with Tehran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global energy shipping.
- The back-and-forth extends a long public feud between the two men, with prior personal barbs and disputes resurfacing in this latest exchange.