多名国会民主党人称唐纳德·特朗普总统“失控”和“精神错乱”，此前他在复活节周日对伊朗发出了充满亵渎的威胁——暗示如果他们不开放关键的霍尔木兹海峡，他将在周二袭击伊朗的桥梁和发电厂。
他威胁要袭击伊朗的桥梁和发电厂，这导致数名民主党人表示，特朗普可能犯下了战争罪，因为打击这些目标可能会导致平民伤亡。此前，总统告诉美国广播公司新闻的雷切尔·斯科特，如果伊朗不达成和平协议，包括开放海峡，“我们将炸毁整个国家。”
“共和党领导人需要阻止他。不要介意炸毁桥梁和发电厂，杀害无辜的伊朗人不会重新开放海峡。这也是明显的战争罪行，”民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲在一份声明中写道邮政在x上。
“现在的政权不会开放海峡，所以他要谋杀无辜的人来引起全国的恐慌?WTF，”墨菲在x上写道，“特朗普失控了。”
周日早上，特朗普在他的社交媒体频道上发布消息称，“周二将是伊朗的电厂日和桥梁日，两者合二为一。不会有比这更好的了!!!"
"打开F海峡，你这个疯狂的b -，否则你将生活在地狱里——看着吧!"总统继续说道。
周一，当被问及他是否担心攻击民用基础设施会违反国际法时，特朗普说:“不，不，我不担心。”
今年早些时候，在对…的调查中一所小学被击中，数十名儿童丧生，美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)表示，“我们当然不会以平民目标为目标。”
周日晚些时候，他告诉ABC新闻的斯科特，如果48小时内没有达成协议，将采取军事行动。
“如果发生了，那会发生。如果不行，我们就要炸掉整个国家。正如我所说，我们正在爆炸，这将是桥梁日，这将是伊朗国家的电厂日，”特朗普说。
此外，周六，川普向伊朗发出威胁，称他们需要在48小时内开放霍尔木兹海峡，否则“地狱将降临在他们身上”，这是美国东部时间周二晚上8点的最后期限。
参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)批评了特朗普的言论。
“复活节快乐，美国。当你前往教堂，与朋友和家人庆祝时，美国总统像一个精神错乱的疯子一样在社交媒体上咆哮，”舒默在社交媒体上写道。“他威胁可能犯下战争罪，并疏远盟友。这就是他，但这不是我们。我们的国家应该得到更好的东西。”
独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯表示，川普的“胡言乱语”是“危险的”
“国会现在必须采取行动。结束这场战争，”桑德斯周日在社交媒体上写道。
民主党众议员罗·卡纳，在周日NBC新闻的“会见媒体”节目中一边呼吁结束战争，一边批评特朗普的帖子。
“今天早上在推特上诅咒和威胁战争罪行，说我们已经摧毁了伊朗的弹道导弹能力，但仍有军队飞过，遭到射击。我们现在需要结束这场战争。我们需要立即停火。伊朗、以色列和美国需要停止轰炸，通过谈判解决问题，”卡纳说。
卡纳后来补充说，“让我告诉你什么不会重开霍尔木兹海峡:威胁战争罪行或不分青红皂白地轰炸发电厂，诅咒伊朗。”
民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔(Ilhan Omar)周一推动特朗普因其社交媒体帖子而“下台”。
民主党众议员亚赛明·安萨里(Yassamin Ansari)周日在社交媒体上发文称总统“精神错乱”，并提到第25修正案——一种可能将总统赶下台的工具——“存在是有原因的。”
美国广播公司新闻已经联系参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩和众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊进行评论。
周一下午，当一名记者问及他会对批评他社交媒体帖子的人说些什么时，特朗普回应道:“我不在乎批评者。”
记者跟进，要求特朗普回应批评者说他的精神健康应该在伊朗战争中接受检查，特朗普说他没有“听说过”。
“但如果是这样的话，你将不得不拥有更多像我这样的人，”特朗普回应道。
周一早些时候，特朗普表示，他在关于伊朗的社交媒体帖子中使用了粗俗的语言，“只是为了表明我的观点。”
当被美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)的斯科特问及针对民用基础设施的问题时，特朗普表示，平民“希望我这样做”。
“平民，你知道，当他们最不高兴的时候，当他们听不到炸弹爆炸的时候，因为他们生活在地狱里，”总统说。
特朗普威胁称，如果伊朗政权在周二晚上之前不开放霍尔木兹海峡，伊朗政府将“炸毁整个国家”。
周日下午，伊朗外交部发言人伊斯梅尔·巴加伊(Ismail Baghaei)在一份声明中表示，“伊朗的反应将是对任何此类袭击进行报复。”。“我们的武装部队已经明确表示，如果伊朗的基础设施遭到攻击，我们将做出同样的回应。”
Baghaei说，如果美国实施特朗普的威胁，伊朗军队将“以类似的基础设施为目标，这些基础设施属于美国，或以任何方式或方式与美国有关，或有助于他们对伊朗的侵略行为。”
联合国发言人斯特凡·杜哈里奇(Stéphane Dujarric)表示，联合国对特朗普的帖子感到“震惊”。
“我们对社交媒体帖子中的言论感到震惊，这些言论威胁说，如果伊朗不同意达成协议，美国将袭击电厂、桥梁和其他基础设施，”杜哈里奇周一表示。“秘书长他再次敦促所有各方遵守其对这些敌对行为的义务。他回忆说，民用基础设施，包括能源基础设施，可能不会受到攻击。"
Many congressional Democrats call Trump's threats to blow up Iran 'unhinged'
Multiple congressional Democrats are calling President Donald Trump "out of control" and "unhinged" after he issued a profanity-laden threat to Iran on Easter Sunday -- suggesting that on Tuesday he will target bridges and power plants in Iran if they don't open up the critical Strait of Hormuz.
His threats to strike Iran's bridges and power plants have led several Democrats to suggest that Trump could be committing war crimes as hitting those targets could result in civilian casualties. It comes after the president told ABC News' Rachel Scott that if Iran doesn't strike a peace deal, including opening up the strait, "we're blowing up the whole country."
"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," Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy wrote in aposton X.
"The current regime won't open the Strait, so he is going to murder innocent people to induce a national panic? WTF," Murphy wrote on X. "Trump is out of control."
On Sunday morning, Trump posted on his social media channel that "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.There will be nothing like it!!!"
"Open the F----- Strait, you crazy b-------, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH!" the president continued.
Asked on Monday if he is worried attacking civilian infrastructure would break international law, Trump said "No, no I'm not."
Earlier this year,amid an investigation intoa U.S. military strike in an area where an elementary school was hit and dozens of children were killed, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that "we, of course, never target civilian targets."
Later on Sunday, he told ABC News' Scott that there would be military action if there's no deal in 48 hours.
"If happens, ithappens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country. We're blowing up, as I said, it's going to be bridge day and it's going to be power plant day in the country of Iran," Trump said.
Also, on Saturday, Trump issued a threat to Iran -- saying they needed to open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours or "Hell will reign down on them" -- a deadline of 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate's top Democrat, criticized Trump's comments.
"Happy Easter, America. As you head off to church and celebrate with friends and family, the President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media," Schumer wrote in a social media post."He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better."
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said that Trump’s "ravings" are "dangerous."
"Congress has got to act NOW. End this war," Sanders wrote in a social media post Sunday.
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna,on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sundaycalled for the end to the war while criticizing Trump’s post.
"To have a tweet this morning cursing out and threatening war crimes, to be saying that we’ve destroyed the ballistic missile capacity of Iran and yet having troops flying over that are being shot at. We need to end this war now. We need an immediate ceasefire. Iran, Israel, and the United States need to stop bombing and have a negotiated settlement," Khanna said.
Khanna later added, "let me tell you what won’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz: threatening war crimes or bombing indiscriminately power plants, cursing at Iran."
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday pushed for Trump to be "removed from office" over his social media post.
Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari, in a social media post on Sunday, called the president "deranged," mentioning the 25th Amendment -- a potential vehicle for removing the president from office -- "exists for a reason."
ABC News has reached out to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson for comment.
Asked by a reporter Monday afternoon about what he would say to people who criticized his social media post, Trump responded: "I don't care about critics."
The reporter followed up, asking Trump for a response to critics who say his mental health should be examined amid the Iran war, Trump said he hadn't "heard that."
"But if that's the case, you're going to have to have more people like me," Trump responded.
Earlier Monday, Trump said he used vulgar language in his social media post about Iran "only to make my point."
Asked by ABC News’ Scott about targeting civilian infrastructure, Trump said civilians "want me to do it."
“The civilians, you know, when they're most unhappy, when they don't hear bombs going off because they're living in hell," the president said.
The Iranian government responded to Trump’s threat of "blowing up the whole country" if the regime fails to open up the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening.
"Iran's reaction would be one of reciprocating any such attack," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghaei said in a statement on Sunday afternoon. "Our armed forces have made it clear that in case Iran's infrastructure is attacked, we would react in kind."
Baghaei said that if the United States carries out Trump's threat, Iranian forces would "target similar infrastructure that is owned or in any way or manner related to the United States or contributes to their act of aggression against Iran."
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the UN was "alarmed" by Trump's post.
"We were alarmed by the rhetoric seen in that social media post that threatened American attacks on power plants, bridges and other infrastructure should Iran not agree to a deal," Dujarric said Monday. "The Secretary-Generalhas been very clear on issues regarding international law, and he urges yet again all parties to abide by their obligations regarding the conduct of these hostilities. And he recalls that civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure, may not be attacked."
