Donald Trump uses UN address to deliver this week’s regularly scheduled threat to annihilate Iran
by Rich Smith 2 months ago 
Donald Trump has used his address to the United Nations to deliver this week’s regularly scheduled threat to completely annihilate Iran, this time from a considerably nicer podium.
The US President told assembled world leaders that America faced a choice between reaching a deal with Iran or “annihilating the Islamic Republic”, continuing his year-long policy of threatening to destroy Iran using an exciting variety of synonyms.
Political analyst Chuck Williams explained, “Regular followers of the President’s Iran threats won’t have heard much new here.
“We’ve had ‘obliterate’, ‘wipe out’, ‘blow up the whole country’, ‘nothing left of them’, ‘a whole civilisation will die’, and now we’ve arrived at ‘annihilate’.
“The actual policy hasn’t changed at all, but you have to admire his commitment to finding a new word to make precisely the same threat every few weeks.”
Trump has repeatedly threatened devastating attacks against Iran throughout 2026, meaning bookmakers have reportedly stopped taking bets on whether he will threaten catastrophic destruction of the country and are now offering odds exclusively on the terminology involved.
“Annihilate was 7/2, so there are some very happy punters this morning,” Williams continued.
“It was also nice to see the Iran Annihilation Threat finally make its UN debut.
“Normally we get one on Truth Social, Fox News or shouted at a journalist somewhere, so delivering this one from the famous green marble podium really gave it a sense of occasion.
“Some people might question threatening to annihilate another nation while addressing an organisation established to promote international peace, but if you’re looking for international diplomacy, don’t give Trump a microphone.”
White House officials have rejected suggestions that the President is simply repeating himself, insisting that “annihilate” is completely different from “obliterate” and represents an important evolution in US foreign policy.
Trump is expected to threaten to destroy Iran again within the next few weeks, with “eradicate”, “eliminate” and “turn the entire place into a car park” all understood to be under consideration.
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