Overview
- Johnson, who spoke Monday on the John Solomon Reports podcast, said he does not support bombing Iran’s power grid, bridges, or other civilian sites.
- Trump has threatened to destroy civilian infrastructure and warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” and he set a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- Johnson said the U.S. is fighting Iran’s ruling elites and security forces, not its people, and he backed strikes on the IRGC rather than targets that would harm civilians.
- He urged other powers, including China, to press their partners to reopen the strait and to help enforce freedom of navigation long upheld by the U.S. Navy.
- Criticism intensified as Democrats called on Congress to rein in the president and retired Gen. Wesley Clark warned that targeting civilian infrastructure to pressure a government would be a war crime.