{"id":586082,"date":"2026-04-06T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586082\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:27:07","slug":"wnba-champ-natasha-cloud-takes-issue-with-trumps-iran-message-on-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586082\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA champ Natasha Cloud takes issue with Trump\u2019s Iran message on Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA champion Natasha Cloud criticized President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Sunday after he fired off a strong message toward Iran on Easter morning.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud teed off on Trump in messages posted on Threads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA sitting president who claims to be \u2018a God fearing man\u2019 to be tweeting on Easter Sunday that he will bomb Iran\u2019s infrastructure IS NOT A MAN OF CHRIST,\u201d the New York Liberty guard wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA reminder that yes Jesus died for our sins, but He was murdered by\u2026. the governing Authority. He did not follow THEIR law, because THEIR law is not God\u2019s law. A part we TOO often just pass over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cloud then wrote about how terrorism is defined in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the United States, terrorism is defined by federal law as:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-iran-war-hormuz-israel-april-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP WARNS IRAN HE MAY STRIKE \u2018EVERY POWER PLANT\u2019 AS DEADLINE TO REOPEN HORMUZ NEARS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cloud had previously called out the Trump administration\u2019s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and, nearly three years ago, got into a feud with former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom after she called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/wnba-player-shredded-calling-america-trash-ahead-july-4th-quintessential-gen-z-er\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the U.S. \u201ctrash\u201d<\/a> before the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Trump warned Iran that U.S. military forces could attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-vows-us-will-strike-irans-power-plants-bridges-strait-of-hormuz-not-reopened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">power plants and bridges<\/a> in Iran if the Strait of Hormuz isn\u2019t opened.<\/p>\n<p>\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\u2014-n\u2019 Strait, you crazy bastards, or you\u2019ll be living in Hell \u2013 JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is expected to deliver an update on the U.S. military operation in Iran on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He has said the war with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/iran-war-nears-completion-trump-eyes-deadline-what-endgame-could-look-like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iran is \u201cnearing completion,\u201d<\/a> but a looming deadline could determine whether the conflict is actually ending \u2014 or about to escalate.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA champion Natasha Cloud criticized President Donald Trump on Sunday after he fired off a strong message toward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-586082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}