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Chris Murphy 🟧@ChrisMurphyCT · Apr 5, 2026

Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crimes next week. GOP leaders need to…

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A thread arguing that Trump's reported plan to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure like power plants and bridges would constitute war crimes under the Geneva Conventions, as targeting civilians to induce panic is illegal regardless of military justification. The author calls on GOP leaders to reconvene Congress to prevent what they characterize as an illegal war.

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    Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crimes next week. GOP leaders need to stop him. Never mind that blowing up bridges and power plants and killing innocent Iranians won't reopen the Strait. It's also a clear war crime. 1/ A 🧵on why:

    Rachel Scott@rachelvscott · Apr 5, 2026

    Spoke with President Trump. He told me the conflict should be over in days, not weeks but if no deal is made he’s blowing up the whole country with “very little” off the table. "If happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country,” he said. I asked if there’s anything off limits. “Very little,” he said.

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    2/ Trump isn't even pretending to choose military targets. He is promising to bomb all of Iran's power plants and bridges. This is military.com making it clear that hitting civilian infrastructure, like power plants, is a war crime. military.com/feature/2026/0…

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    3/ Trump's advisors are telling him to hit civilian sites because it will cause unrest and potentially topple the regime. But just think about the insanity of this plan: kill tens of thousands of civilians in order to cause a national panic. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

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    4/ The current regime won't open the Strait, so he is going to murder innocent people to induce a national panic? WTF. Trump is out of control. The experts on the Geneva Conventions) are clear on this too. Bombing to induce political panic IS A WAR CRIME. icrc.org/en/article/faq…

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    5/ He says he's going to destroy ALL Iranian bridges and power plants. Ok, he's probably lying. But even blowing up a fraction will kill thousands of innocent people who work in those power plants and travel on the nation's roads. That's also a war crime.

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    6/ And for what? To force Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz WHICH WAS OPEN BEFORE TRUMP STARTED BOMBING IRAN??? This is pure insanity. It won't work. It will just permanently stain America. GOP leaders should call Congress back into session this week to end this war.