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Trump claims Iran will be hit ‘very
hard’ today, says some groups ‘under
serious consideration for complete destruction
and certain death’

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 3/7/2026 8:45:19 AM

President Trump warned that Iran would be ‘hit very hard’ on Saturday as the US forces’ “Operation Epic Fury” enters its second week. “Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump deemed that the Iranian regime was no longer the “Bully of the Middle East” after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized for attacking its Gulf neighbors.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Midnight Rambler 3/7/2026 9:19:50 AM (No. 2077241)
Saw a picture of Pezeshkian, he looks like he's not been sleeping very well lately.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 3/7/2026 10:03:25 AM (No. 2077278)
Pezeshkian is promising something, stopping missile attacks of nearby countries, that he may not be able to deliver. It is not clear that Iran has command and control capability. It is very likely that individual groups may continue firing missiles. As to Pezeshkian considering unconditional surrender a dream, it's more likely to be a reoccurring nightmare for Iran until Trump gets what he wants. Also, Pezeshkian may want to find a really good bomb shelter and disappear, although that doesn't seem to have worked for most Iranian leaders. I wonder if American and Israeli intelligence already knew where most of the Iranian hidey holes were before the bombing started?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Hazymac 3/7/2026 10:11:42 AM (No. 2077283)
Who's next? Pezeshkian is next. Where can he hide? It's doubtful that he's a Rubbermaid Rough Neck that is so tough it LOVES punishment. No, he's not that tough. Tell him that it ain't white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it? No, man, it ain't white boy day.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: billa57 3/7/2026 10:43:08 AM (No. 2077315)
Liberals ears are melting.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: bighambone 3/7/2026 12:29:41 PM (No. 2077368)
You can bet that after receiving Trump’s warning that all Iranians who think they are on Trump’s hit list will be dug in and hiding big time! History shows that such warnings do not have any good effects on religiously based theologists who operate under Islamic absolutist ideologies. The only way their attention can be obtained is to kill them.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Alecto2 3/7/2026 1:41:34 PM (No. 2077393)
Those that the globalists use to sow chaos are being taken off the board. Maybe the removal of Maduro was too subtle for them to comprehend? "Can you hear me now?"
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Elljay 3/7/2026 6:09:15 PM (No. 2077448)
DJT makes it pretty clear that there will soon be many thousands of dead IRGC and baijis dead people who will be targeted and destroyed. Bombs away!
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