Trump news at a glance: president’s deadline for Iran and threats against civilian targets loom

Trump claims Iranians welcome US strikes and lower court judges challenge Trump’s ‘war on rule of law’ – key US politics stories from Monday 6 April at a glance Middle East crisis live – latest updates Donald Trump was asked at a press conference on Monday if his war on Iran was winding down or ramping up. His response: “I can’t tell you.” The US president’s comments came as diplomatic negotiations aimed at halting the war in the Middle East appeared to be faltering. At the start of the press conference, Trump said Iran could be “taken out in one night, and that might be tomorrow night”. He also reiterated a deadline of 8pm ET on Tuesday for the regime to reopen the strait of Hormuz or face a barrage of strikes on energy facilities and bridges. Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon secretary who flanked Trump at the press conference alongside Gen Daniel Caine, the joints chiefs of staff chair, said that under the president’s direction “today will be the largest volume of strikes since day one of this operation”. “Tomorrow, even more than today,” he added. Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Iranian civilians welcomed US strikes on Iran’s infrastructure, sayin