Hi there and welcome to meet the press now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, and we begin with

breaking news on the war against Iran. With President Trump now threatening to level the country

tomorrow, including its

civilian infrastructure, unless Tehran makes a deal, essentially doubling down on his

profanity-laced social media post over the weekend, demanding Tehran open the Strait of Hormuz

as oil prices continue to climb. Speaking from the White House briefing room this afternoon,

President Trump warned that Iran is facing total destruction,

but provided little clarity on how much longer the war could last.

Here's some of what he had to say.

The entire country can be taken out in one night,

and that night might be tomorrow night.

Are you concerned that your threat to bomb power plants and bridges amount to what crimes? No, no, no, I hope I don't have to do it. Your messaging on the war has moved from, the war is coming to an end to we're going to be bombing Iran to the Stone Ages, and we've heard a range of those kind of messages. So are you, so which is it?

Are you winding this down?

Can't tell you.

I don't know.

I can't tell you.

Depends what they do.

We're giving them, we're giving them till tomorrow, 8 o'clock Eastern Time.

And after that, they're going to have no bridges.

They're going to have no power plants.

Stone ages, yeah.

We have a plan because of the power of our military,

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