President Donald Trump erupted Monday with a fresh tirade as he scrambles to find an exit to his deeply unpopular on-again, off-again war against Iran.
“Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with ‘Oman,’” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, referring to Omani mediators currently helping with U.S.-Iran negotiations.
“They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our 'Blockade' or, as some say, ‘The United States Wall of Steel!’”
Trump’s latest outburst comes shortly after the president called off a large-scale planned attack on Iranian energy infrastructure, actions that would likely constitute war crimes. The Trump administration’s approach to negotiations has led Iranian negotiators to take the remarkable step of enlisting “senior psychologists” believing Trump to be “legitimately mentally ill.”
“Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished,” Trump continued. “Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades. It is very simple, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!”