India, April 8 -- President Donald Trump rejected the idea that he used the "Madman Theory" in negotiations for a cease-fire with Iran, asserting that he was ready to authorize strikes capable of destroying civilization.

Trump declared a two-week ceasefire with Iran this evening - shortly after he had warned that "a whole civilization will die tonight" and approximately 90 minutes before a deadline he established for Tehran to come to an agreement with the United States.

"Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMED...