Donald Trump has blasted Iran for making an ‘unacceptable’ ceasefire offer, with fears the Middle East may very well be plunged back into war.
Washington’s latest proposal addressed a deal to finish the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and roll back Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran has sent their offer to finish the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and to make sure the security of world shipping.
However the US president posted on Truth Social: ‘I even have just read the response from Iran’s so-called “Representatives.”
‘I don’t prefer it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thanks on your attention to this matter.’
Without giving more details, he accused Tehran of ‘playing games’ with america for nearly 50 years, adding: ‘They might be laughing not!’
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Trump is giving diplomacy ‘every likelihood we possibly can before going back to hostilities,’ the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told ABC earlier.
Trump has reiterated threats to resume full-scale bombing if Iran doesn’t accept an agreement to reopen the strait and roll back its nuclear program. Iran has largely blocked the strategic waterway that’s key to the worldwide flow of oil.
On Friday, the US struck two Iranian oil tankers it said were attempting to breach the blockade.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy promised a heavy assault on US bases in retaliation.
One other sticking point in negotiations is Iran’s highly enriched uranium. The UN nuclear agency says Iran has greater than 440 kilograms (970 kilos) enriched as much as 60% purity, a brief, technical step from weapons grade.
‘We considered it possible that they may intend to steal it through infiltration operations or heli-borne operations,’ General Akrami Nia said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war isn’t over since the enriched uranium must be taken out of Iran. ‘Trump has said to me, “I would like to go in there,” and I believe it may possibly be done physically,’ he said.
It got here after Trump fired off 16 posts on Truth Social, featuring AI images of ships sinking in Iran and mock-ups of renovations in Washington.
The US President went on considered one of his infamous posting sprees to share images of sinking ships in Iran, explosions and a UFC fight on the White House front lawn.
In a single image, captioned ‘Bye Bye, Drones’, an AI image showed an American warship blasting Iranian drones out of the sky with lasers.
One other showed Iranian drones dropping like butterflies into the ocean, with images of actual blue butterflies next to it.
It appears the President got the phrase ‘dropping like flies’ mixed up with butterflies.
Other posts showed AI mockups of a UFC fighting stage on the White House lawn, which Trump plans to host for America’s 250th this yr.
Trump also took a dig at his predecessor Barack Obama.
He wrote: ‘[Iran] finally found the best SUCKER of all of them, in the shape of a weak and silly American President.
‘He was a disaster as our “Leader,” but not as bad as Sleepy Joe Biden! For 47 years the Iranians have been “tapping” us along, keeping us waiting, killing our individuals with their roadside bombs, destroying protests, and recently wiping out 42,000 innocent, unarmed protestors, and laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country.’
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