Trump Threatened to Destroy “A Whole Civilization” Last Night. Where Was Congress? @slate
Trump Threatened to Destroy “A Whole Civilization” Last Night. Where Was Congress? @slate
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On April 7, 2026, President Trump took to Truth Social to declare that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," referring to Iran. And many wondered: Where was Congress while the president made this threat?

Senator Mark Warner, U.S. Senator from Virginia and a top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, joins Mary Harris on What Next, Slate's daily news podcast, to discuss his red lines—both in the escalating Iran war and in the battle to control the President—and why he needs his GOP colleagues to grow some backbone.

Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/30UCbfcGArQ?si=e8Vds0_BzS2rPXdQ

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Trump Threatened to Destroy “A Whole Civilization” Last Night. Where Was Congress?

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