Trump threatens to wipe out Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ EU has no comment. – POLITICO

BRUSSELS — The EU has shrugged off Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out the “whole civilization” of Iran, with diplomats and officials signaling they weren’t taking the U.S. president’s remarks literally.

Asked to respond to Trump’s post on the Truth Social platform, which referred to the deadline of Wednesday 2 a.m. Brussels time he has given Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the European Commission said it had “no comment.” A spokesperson for the EU’s foreign policy wing, the European External Action Service, also declined to comment.

“Honestly if we reacted every time somebody posted something outrageous online, that is all we would do,” said an EU official with knowledge of discussions on strategy. “I don’t get a feeling today that anybody in Brussels is taking this particular post differently than how we have taken the others.”