Trump Refuses to Say if Blowing Up Iran’s Bridges Is War Crime: ‘I Won’t Respond to That Question’

President Donald Trump refused to answer when asked if blowing up civilian sites in Iran constituted a war crime.

Trump spoke to reporters Friday from the Oval Office when Shawn McCreesh of The New York Times asked a pair of tough questions, including one on the nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.

SHAWN MCCREESH: A question about Iran. You’re talking about blowing up civilian power plants and bridges, much of the civilized world would consider that a war crime. Do you?

TRUMP: I won’t respond to that question. Who are you with?

MCCREESH: The New York Times.

TRUMP: Figures. Failing New York Times.

Trump’s nonanswer came as the conflict with Iran has been escalating, and four American soldiers were recently killed.

This week the president threatened to ramp up the strikes on Iran further, by knocking out “ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT” for every shot fired at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

“From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Targeting civilian structures including bridges, power plants, and water desalination plants, is widely considered a war crime.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently said Trump’s military policy is not “an eye for an eye” but a “head for an eye.”

The exchange between Trump and McCreesh came after Trump’s Department of Justice was forced to withdraw subpoenas to four journalists from the Times issued after the outlet reported on security issues with the new Air Force One.

Watch above via Fox News.

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