1. United States
2. N.J.
3. Letter

Donald Trump’s Truth Social threat to “destroy Iran and its ability to rebuild” if oil shipments are disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz is reckless, unlawful, and morally grotesque. A president threatening the annihilation of an entire nation’s infrastructure on social media is not practicing diplomacy—he is flirting with catastrophic war. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president’s keyboard, the power to decide matters of war. If you remain silent while a president publicly threatens national destruction, you are complicit. Condemn this rhetoric immediately and reassert Congress’s constitutional authority before reckless words become irreversible bloodshed.