Trump’s Oil-Theft Rhetoric as War Crimes, The Bulwark Argues

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Will Saletan argues that Donald Trump’s public threats to seize Iran’s oil and to target civilian infrastructure amount to war crimes or imminent war crimes, revealing a mercenary, profit-driven logic behind the rhetoric and raising the specter of civilian harm and violations of international law if such actions were carried out.
- Trump Has a War Crimes Problem. It’s His Mouth. The Bulwark
- Trump’s genocidal threat to Iran may have caused irreparable damage — to the U.S. MS NOW
- ‘Stop This Madness’: Time to Rein In Trump’s Reckless Conduct The New York Times
- Retired military officers call Trump’s threats against Iran ‘likely war crimes’ The Guardian
- Trump violated the laws of war. There is only one way to hold him accountable. The Boston Globe
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