{"id":17958,"date":"2026-04-07T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=17958"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:39:02","slug":"get-a-grip-how-iranian-embassies-mocked-trumps-vulgar-threat-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=17958","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Get a grip\u2019: How Iranian embassies mocked Trump\u2019s vulgar threat | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On April 5, US President Donald Trump issued an expletive-laden threat to Iran: open the Strait of Hormuz, whose near closure has spiked oil prices globally, or else bridges and power plants would be bombed.<\/p>\n

\u201cTuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F****** Strait, you crazy b*******, or you\u2019ll be living in Hell \u2013 JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP,\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social account, and subsequently on X.<\/p>\n

His broadside came days after he threatened to send Iran back to the \u201cStones Ages\u201d unless it agreed to a deal to end the war.<\/p>\n

Iran, on the other hand, has avoided matching Trump\u2019s rhetoric. Rather, it dismissed his threats as \u201cstupid\u201d while Iranian diplomatic missions from across the world have trolled Trump on social media, using tongue-in-cheek responses.<\/p>\n

Iranian embassies from London to Pretoria, and New Delhi to Moscow, launched a sarcastic campaign on social media, attacking Trump\u2019s mental acuity, mocking his language, and sharing satirical memes.<\/p>\n

The most viral exchange occurred over Trump\u2019s blunt demand to \u201cOpen the Strait\u201d. The Iranian embassy in Zimbabwe casually said on X: \u201cWe\u2019ve lost the keys.\u201d<\/p>\n

The joke quickly snowballed across continents.<\/p>\n

The Iranian embassy in South Africa chimed in, telling<\/a> Zimbabwe, \u201cShh\u2026 the key\u2019s under the flowerpot. Just open for friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking the mockery a step further, the Iranian embassy in Bulgaria responded to the thread with a sharp jab referencing the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein: \u201cDoors open for friends. Epstein\u2019s friends need keys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s political rivals have accused him of launching the war to distract from the release of millions of documents related to Epstein. The first release of the files in late 2025 exposed the links between billionaires, academics and politicians with Epstein. Though Trump was also mentioned numerous times in the files, he has denied any wrongdoing, claiming he had severed contact with Epstein decades ago.<\/p>\n

US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who handled the Epstein files, was removed from her post on April 2. Analysts say Bondi\u2019s handling of the Epstein files had become a growing political problem for the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

The 25th Amendment<\/h2>\n

A significant portion of the online campaign focused on painting the 79-year-old US president as mentally unfit and unhinged.<\/p>\n

The Iranian embassy in South Africa urged US officials to \u201cseriously think about the 25th amendment, Section 4\u201d, referencing the US constitutional provision for removing a sitting president deemed unfit for office.<\/p>\n

The embassy later shared a post by British broadcaster Piers Morgan, who called Trump\u2019s tweet \u201cembarrassing\u201d and suggested the president had \u201clost his marbles\u201d. The South African mission added<\/a>: \u201cHumanity must know what kind of creatures are leading the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

This focus on Trump\u2019s cognitive state was echoed by the Iranian embassy in Tajikistan, which shared the same post from Morgan, adding dryly, \u201cIt was understood with a slight delay, but congratulations nonetheless. Thank you all for your attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

In London, the Iranian embassy took a literary approach. It posted a Persian poem by Rumi about the dangers of placing a sword in the hands of a madman, accompanied by a famous quote attributed to Mark Twain: \u201cIt is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201918+\u2019 warnings<\/h2>\n

Several diplomatic missions took aim at Trump\u2019s use of profanities and religious references.<\/p>\n

The Iranian embassy in India did not hold back. \u201cSwearing and throwing insults are how sore loser brats behave. Get a grip on yourself, old man!\u201d it wrote.<\/p>\n

The Iranian embassy in Austria placed a massive \u201c18+\u201d graphic over a screenshot of Trump\u2019s post. \u201cPOTUS has stooped to an unprecedented level of begging, laced with bitter, hollow rudeness and threats,\u201d the mission in Vienna wrote. It also issued a \u201cfurther warning: shield all minors under 18 from exposure to Trump\u2019s rhetoric\u201d, before soberly reminding Washington that attacking civilian infrastructure constitutes a \u201cWar Crime\u201d.<\/p>\n

Political cartoons<\/h2>\n

The digital offensive was rounded off with international political cartoons shared by Iranian missions in Europe, including Russia.<\/p>\n

The embassy in Berlin posted a caricature from the German magazine Der Spiegel depicting Trump looking into a mirror, imagining himself as an emperor.<\/p>\n

In Moscow, the Iranian embassy shared a Russian illustration showing Trump as a delusional Don Quixote charging at a windmill on a horse, with a sidekick shouting, \u201cBoss, it\u2019s just a windmill!\u201d<\/p>\n

Don Quixote is the protagonist of a 17th-century Spanish novel, who was mocked for his delusions of grandeur.<\/p>\n

The widespread online mockery comes as the Middle East region is on edge before Trump\u2019s deadline to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz by early Wednesday, local time.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Iranian missions are making light of the heightened tensions, one social media post at a time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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