Donald Trump threatens to 'blow up entire country' as he gives Iran deal deadline

Donald Trump threatens to 'blow up entire country' as he gives Iran deal deadlineThe US president has doubled down on his threats to Iran in a new statement delivered following his now infamous Easter Sunday social media post praising AllahNewsLiam Doyle07:31, 06 Apr 2026Updated 07:31, 06 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesTrump has threatened to detonate 'the entire country' in his latest Iran statementDonald Trump, fresh from his expletive-laden declaration on Sunday promising to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure, has stepped up his threats with an all-new pledge to blow up "the entire country".‌New concerns about the US president's willingness to target Iranian civilians have emerged after he was asked about his stated timeline for the joint military operation with Israel. In an interview on Sunday, he said it "should be days", not the two to three weeks he floated in a news conference earlier last week.‌And he chased the statement with the most grave threat he's made against Iran in the more than a month the US has spent pounding the nation with munitions.‌READ MORE: Donald Trump skips three Easter services after unhinged Iran rant sparks health fearsREAD MORE: Donald Trump's sweary Iran war rant decoded by expert - FOUR key 'hoax' momentsView 2 ImagesThe latest threat comes after an expletive-laden post on his Truth Social platform(Image: AP)Speaking to ABC news, he said Iran "has been decimated, decimated", and threatened that "every day is going to get worse", before stating that strikes have been raining down on Iranian civilian infrastructure, not unlike Russia in Ukraine. He said: "Every day they're gonna have to build more bridges, and they're gonna have to build more power plants and more everything else.Article continues below"There's been no country that's ever taken a pounding like that." Trump then gave Iran 48 hours to agree to a deal that wo...