Reagan Reese

He threatened to wipe out a civilization.

That statement elicited a huge response in America.

If Iran did not come to the table and make a deal yesterday by the deadline, was the president really prepared to wipe out Iran entirely?

Well, first, I just want to say, Steve, yesterday I got a lot of texts from friends and family who are big supporters of President Trump's who were worried about that Truth Social post, who were scared, who didn't know what to expect, who thought that a larger war was going to escalate.

And that's why I felt this question was really important to ask.

Like,

What was behind this threat?

Was it a real threat?

The response, you know, the underlying question within my question is, were we going to go after civilians?

Were we actually going to just flatten Iran entirely?

And what Secretary Hegseth there says is that they were going to target infrastructure, bridges, energy plants, etc.,

He goes on to say that they are going to target places that fuel the Iranian regime, which signals to me that it was going to still be, you know, within the bounds of this war is going to really just threaten Iran's military and

Like you mentioned before, Karg Island, those threats, those attacks that they made there was kind of a preview of what was to come.

And so some are interpreting it as, yes, they were going to follow through on the threat.

It's hard to say.

You never want to take what they say as face value.

And honestly, that's why I'm considering recycling the question for other administration officials later today.

Well, that's the question, Steve.

I mean, I've been talking to other reporters because that's you don't just talk to your sources.

You talk to other reporters to hear what they know.