As Tuesday morning got underway, Donald Trump published a stunning item to his social media platform about the war with Iran, which began, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” The president has issued a great many threats during his White House tenure, but this was the first time he’s ever said he’s prepared to kill an entire “civilization.”

But the final seven words of his online statement also stood out: “God Bless the Great People of Iran!” The juxtaposition offers a jarring contradiction: On the one hand, Trump wants to be seen as extending public support to Iranian civilians; on the other, he’s preparing to deliberately destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including the power plants needed to keep their lights on.

This is not an aberration. In fact, the missive came a day after the Republican repeatedly said Iranians actually support the U.S. bombing campaign against their country.

On Monday morning, for example, Trump told reporters Iranians are “unhappy” when they don’t hear explosions. Asked how he could plausibly say he’s “taking care” of Iranians while also bombing their country, the Republican replied, “The Iranian people, when they don’t hear bombs go off, they’re upset. They want to hear bombs because they want to be free.”

Later, at a White House press conference, he kept going.

“They want us to keep bombing,” the president said, referring to Iranian civilians. “Even if it jeopardizes, because their life is in much greater danger” from the Iranian government.

Apparently under the impression that he has his finger on the pulse of Iranians, Trump went on to say they’re “willing to suffer” without domestic infrastructure “in order to have freedom.”

The president, who often shares the details of made-up conversations, added, “We’ve had numerous intercepts, ‘Please keep bombing’ — bombs that are dropping near their homes — ‘Please keep bombing, do it.’ And these are people that are living where the bombs are exploding.”

To date, there’s been no independent evidence to suggest the Iranian citizenry is begging the United States to keep bombing their country. Given Trump’s track record, if he’s expecting the public, here and abroad, to take his word for it, he’s going to be disappointed.

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