President Trump draws criticism from across the political spectrum as he ramps up his threats against Iran.
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President Trump is ramping up threats ahead of his 8 p.m. Eastern deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,
or else face the bombing of its bridges and power plants.
He wrote on social media this morning, quote, a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.
I don't want that to happen, but it probably will.
WSJ national security reporter Alex Ward says negotiators are pessimistic about a diplomatic solution.
Hope is still pretty low that there will be some kind of deal.
Ahead of that deadline.
This morning, after Trump's threat to wipe out the whole of Iranian civilization,
the Iranians cut direct talks to the Americans.
That happened basically within a few minutes.
The Iranians told the mediators, that's Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, that they weren't going to keep talking to the U.S.