莱维特称，这一威胁迫使伊朗政权“屈膝投降”，并同意达成为期两周的停火协议
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莱维特表示，特朗普对伊朗的威胁“非常、非常”真实
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特还在周三的新闻发布会上驳斥了美国在这场战争中丧失道德制高点的说法。
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白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特在周三的新闻发布会上表示，唐纳德·特朗普总统威胁要摧毁伊朗文明并非虚张声势。
美国及其盟友与伊朗政府于周二达成了为期两周的停火协议，此时距离特朗普此前在Truth Social帖子中设定的最后期限仅剩不到一晚。
莱维特说：“正是美国总统发出的极为强硬的威胁，迫使伊朗政权屈膝投降，请求停火并同意重新开放霍尔木兹海峡。”“这就是产生效果的强硬威胁。正如国防部长今早在五角大楼所说，这绝非空穴来风。”
特朗普威胁要终结伊朗“文明”引发国会山哗然
许多唐纳德·特朗普总统的批评者认为，他放弃了最初声称要对伊朗人民实施的“种族灭绝”，是临阵退缩。（内森·霍华德/盖蒂图片社）
莱维特表示，如果伊朗未能满足特朗普开放霍尔木兹海峡的最后期限，美国国防部已经准备好一份精准打击清单。
特朗普最早于复活节周日在Truth Social上威胁伊朗。他声称，如果霍尔木兹海峡不开放，伊朗人将“生活在地狱之中”。
周二，特朗普发帖称“今晚一整个文明都将覆灭，永无复兴之日”。
“我不想看到这种情况发生，但这很可能会成真，”特朗普写道。
特朗普同意：若伊朗开放霍尔木兹海峡，则停火两周
教皇利奥十四世在意大利甘多尔福堡离开教皇居所返回梵蒂冈时，向媒体就美以与伊朗的冲突发表讲话，2026年4月7日。（路透社）
一名记者询问莱维特，考虑到特朗普威胁要消灭一个完整国家，美国是否还能被视为全球“道德领袖”。
“在场任何人暗示伊朗在道德上占据高地，考虑到过去五十年来他们针对我国人民和军队犯下的暴行，这都是一种侮辱，”莱维特说道。
2026年4月8日，伊朗民众在德黑兰恩赫勒卜广场听到停火公告后的反应。美国与伊朗于周二达成为期两周的停火协议，此时距离美国总统唐纳德·特朗普设定的消灭敌对国家的最后期限仅剩不到一小时，伊朗将暂时开放这条至关重要的霍尔木兹海峡。（法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
尽管特朗普在Truth Social上对伊朗提出的十点和平协议提案表示赞赏，但他遭到了教皇利奥的严厉批评。这位天主教领袖称特朗普摧毁伊朗的威胁“完全不可接受”。
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“他威胁要彻底毁灭一个文明，”卡纳说。“这是一种道德犯罪，也是战争罪。”
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WATCH: Leavitt slaps down critics who called Trump’s Iran threat a bluff
Leavitt says the threat led the Iranian regime to ‘cave to their knees’ and agree to a two-week ceasefire deal
April 8, 2026 5:20pm EDT / Fox News
Leavitt says Trump’s threat to Iran was ‘very, very’ real
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also pushed back against the narrative that the United States lost the moral high ground in the war during a press conference Wednesday.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization was not a bluff during Wednesday’s press briefing.
A two-week ceasefire agreement was reached between the Iranian government and the United States and its allies on Tuesday, just before the 8 p.m. deadline Trump previously set in a Truth Social post.
“It was a very, very strong threat from the president of the United States that led to the Iranian regime to cave to their knees and ask for a ceasefire and agree to re-opening the Strait of Hormuz,” Leavitt said. “So it was a very strong threat that led to results. As the Secretary of War stated at the Pentagon this morning, it was not an empty threat by any means.”
TRUMP’S THREAT TO END IRANIAN ‘CIVILIZATION’ SPARKS UPROAR ON CAPITOL HILL
Many critics of President Donald Trump have suggested he chickened out for not committing what they initially insisted was a “genocide” of the Iranian people.(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Leavitt said that the Department of War had a targeted list ready to go if Iran did not meet Trump’s deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump first threatened Iran on Easter Sunday in a Truth Social post. He claimed that the Iranians would be “living in Hell,” if the Strait of Hormuz was not opened.
On Tuesday, Trump posted that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
“I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote.
TRUMP AGREES TO 2-WEEK CEASEFIRE IF IRAN OPENS STRAIT OF HORMUZ
Pope Leo XIV gestures while walking to speak to the media on the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran, as he leaves the papal residence to head back to the Vatican, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, April 7, 2026.(Reuters)
A reporter asked Leavitt if the United States could be seen as a “moral leader” in the world given that Trump threatened the eradication of an entire nation.
“The insinuation by anyone in this room that Iran somehow has the moral high ground is insulting considering the atrocities that they have committed against our people and our military over the past five decades,” Leavitt said.
Iranians react after a ceasefire announcement at the Enqelab square, in Tehran, on April 8, 2026. The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire Tuesday barely an hour before U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline to obliterate the rival country was set to expire, with Tehran to temporarily reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz.(AFP via Getty Images)
While Trump celebrated Iran’s ten-point peace agreement proposal on Truth Social, he garnered staunch criticism from Pope Leo. The leader of the Catholic Church called Trump’s threat to destroy Iran “truly unacceptable.”
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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., posted a video on X Tuesday, pushing to invoke the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office.
“He is threatening the entire destruction of a civilization,” Khanna said. “This is a moral crime. It is a war crime.”
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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