Overview
- Trump warned on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” tying an 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
- After the deadline passed, the White House announced a two‑week ceasefire and said the president’s pressure brought Tehran to the table.
- Greene countered that talks, which she said involved Vice President J.D. Vance, produced the pause rather than what she called “insanity” on social media.
- In a CNN interview Thursday, Wolf Blitzer pressed Greene on whether she believed Trump meant to kill Iran’s population, and she said she took his words at face value and suggested that could mean nuclear weapons.
- Greene urged the Cabinet to use the 25th Amendment, and several House Democrats echoed removal calls, though formally invoking the amendment would require the vice president and a majority of Cabinet; the Strait of Hormuz is a key oil chokepoint, so threats tied to it carry global stakes.