Former U.S. Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill condemned President Donald Trump’s threat against Iran to wipe out “a whole civilization” this week as “inappropriate,” and could not believe it was posted online by the commander in chief.
“I have to be honest, Piers, I went to Truth Social to see if they were actually posted. I didn’t think it was presidential, and I know that it’s very difficult to be around President Trump and tell him something you disagree with — I know the man, I’ve had dinner at the White House with him, but someone should step up on something like this,” O’Neill told Piers Morgan on Tuesday.
Both Democrats and a handful of Republicans have openly condemned Trump’s genocidal threat, where the president wrote on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” unless Iran reached a deal by 8 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday.
“We will find out tonight,” Trump wrote Tuesday. “One of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end.”
The president pulled back on his threat on Tuesday after the U.S and Iran agreed on a two-week ceasefire.
