Trump Threatens Iran With 'Obliteration' After Rouhani Says White House 'Afflicted by Mental Retardation'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jun. 26, 2019

President Donald Trump threatened Iran with "obliteration" on Tuesday after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the White House is "afflicted by mental retardation."

BREAKING: Iran's President Rouhani mocks President Trump, says the White House is "afflicted by mental retardation."
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 25, 2019

Iran leadership doesn’t understand the words “nice” or “compassion,” they never have. Sadly, the thing they do understand is Strength and Power, and the USA is by far the most powerful Military Force in the world, with 1.5 Trillion Dollars invested over the last two years alone..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 25, 2019

....Iran’s very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that they do not understand reality. Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force. In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration. No more John Kerry & Obama!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 25, 2019

From the AP, "Iran says 'idiotic' new US sanctions shut doors of diplomacy":

Iran warned Tuesday that new U.S. sanctions targeting its supreme leader and other top officials meant "closing the doors of diplomacy" between Tehran and Washington amid heightened tensions, even as President Hassan Rouhani derided the White House as being "afflicted by mental retardation."

President Donald Trump called that a "very ignorant and insulting statement," tweeting that an Iranian attack on any U.S. interest will be met with "great and overwhelming force ... overwhelming will mean obliteration." His secretary of state said the Iranian statement was "immature."

Weaksauce.

I'd say Iran won this round in the meme war.

UPDATE: It's being reported that Rouhani's comments were mistranslated.

A lot of Western media is reporting that Iranian President Rouhani called Trump "mentally retarded." This is inaccurate.

Regarding Trump, he just said "no wise person would take such an action [the new sanctions imposed]." https://t.co/NNodXGCM1Z
— Sina Toossi (@SinaToossi) June 25, 2019

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