Trump Orders Tehran to 'Immediately Evacuate'; Suggests War With Iran is 'America First'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jun. 16, 2025

President Donald Trump, 79, issued his most psychotic threat to date on Monday by ordering the entire population of Tehran to "immediately evacuate."

He followed his threat up by attacking Tucker Carlson and suggesting that fighting a war with Iran for Israel is the definition of "America First."

"Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign," Trump said on Truth Social, ignoring that Israel attacked while negotiations were ongoing. "What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again!"

"Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" the president added.

Tehran has a population of 9.8 million, with another 16.8 million in its metropolitan area.

This is the equivalent of Russia or China ordering the immediate evacuation of the entire population of New York City (8.8 million) -- all while maneuvering a carrier strike group off America's coast.

Trump is threatening the entire civilian population of Tehran that they'll face oblivion because their leaders didn't sign a horrible deal he presented them after he unilaterally tore up Obama's nuclear deal during his first term simply to please the late Israel First megadonor Sheldon Adelson for donating tens of millions of dollars to his campaign.

By the Israelis' own account, Trump's "negotiations" were completely fake and were only done to "lull Iran into thinking an attack was not going to happen immediately."

Israeli media is reporting that Israel is "coordinating its action with the US" and "the US participated in a massive campaign to lull Iran into thinking an attack was not going to happen immediately." https://t.co/f1UHIQ7Rej pic.twitter.com/gT1sfmpQbT
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Nonetheless, Trump is schizophrenically acting like his negotiations were clear-cut and totally legit, despite their being all over the place, totally ridiculous and most crucially still ongoing at the time of Israel's "preemptive" strike!

If Trump controls his own Truth Social account, he's making the case for his own removal under the 25th Amendment.

Last week, Trump issued an order to end his "mass deportations" (which he had barely even started) and now he's insisting fighting wars for Israel is the definition of "America First."

"Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that,' IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!'" Trump said on Truth Social. "AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"

The Atlantic reported on Saturday that Trump declared to them that he gets to decide what "America First" means.

From The Atlantic, "Trump Says He Decides What 'America First' Means":

When I caught Donald Trump by phone this morning, the president wanted to make one thing clear: "America First" means whatever he says it does. "Well, considering that I'm the one that developed 'America First,' and considering that the term wasn't used until I came along, I think I'm the one that decides that," Trump told me. "For those people who say they want peace—you can't have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. So for all of those wonderful people who don't want to do anything about Iran having a nuclear weapon—that's not peace."

His remarks were a response to my question about critics, such as Tucker Carlson, who have loudly argued against U.S. support of Israel during its attacks on Iran as an anathema to the "America First" way of doing things. Over the course of our conversation, the president defended his efforts to bring an end to multiple conflicts despite growing violence in the Middle East. He also struck an overall optimistic tone about world affairs. "I think we have done very well," he said of his administration's efforts.

Putting the interests of Israel over the interests of America is as far from "America First" as one can get and yet that's become the entire focus of Trump's presidency.

Just as with Trump's first term, he's breaking all his promises to his supporters while delivering for Israel in spades.

If we weren't living under occupation, our leaders would be demanding an investigation into whether Trump has been compromised by Israeli intelligence.

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