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White House: ‘A whole civilization will die’ was ‘not an empty threat’
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1:05Now PlayingDuring a White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump's Truth Social post on Tuesday that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if the Iranians did not open the Strait of Hormuz was "not an empty threat."
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