{"id":332658,"date":"2026-05-11T03:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=332658"},"modified":"2026-05-11T03:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:01:10","slug":"donald-trump-calls-irans-ceasefire-offer-completely-unacceptable-news-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/donald-trump-calls-irans-ceasefire-offer-completely-unacceptable-news-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump calls Iran&#8217;s ceasefire offer &#8216;completely unacceptable&#8217; | News US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Donald Trump shouldn&#8217;t be blissful with Iran\u2019s ceasefire offer (Picture: EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Donald Trump has blasted Iran for making an \u2018unacceptable\u2019 ceasefire offer, with fears the Middle East may very well be plunged back into war.<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2019s latest proposal addressed a deal to finish the war, reopen the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/strait-of-hormuz\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\u00a0and roll back Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has sent their offer to finish the war on all fronts, including in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/lebanon\">Lebanon<\/a>, and to make sure the security of world shipping.<\/p>\n<p>However the US president posted on Truth Social: \u2018I even have just read the response from Iran\u2019s so-called \u201cRepresentatives.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t prefer it \u2014 TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thanks on your attention to this matter.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Without giving more details, he accused Tehran of \u2018playing games\u2019 with america for nearly 50 years, adding: \u2018They might be laughing not!\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tJoin for all of the most recent stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <strong>News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get <strong>Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump is giving diplomacy \u2018every likelihood we possibly can before going back to hostilities,\u2019 the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told ABC earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u00a0has\u00a0reiterated threats\u00a0to resume full-scale bombing if Iran doesn&#8217;t accept an agreement to reopen the strait and roll back its nuclear program. Iran has largely blocked the strategic waterway that\u2019s key to the worldwide flow of oil.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the US struck two Iranian oil tankers it said were attempting to breach the blockade. <\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard navy promised a heavy assault on US bases in retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>One other sticking point in negotiations is Iran\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We considered it possible that they may intend to steal it through infiltration operations or heli-borne operations,\u2019 General Akrami Nia said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_296578829-040a.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28314602\" alt=\"An explosion of what appears to be white phosphorus fired by the IDF on the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border as seen from the Israeli side of the border, May 10, 2026. REUTERS\/Ayal Margolin ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>An explosion of what appears to be white phosphorus fired by the IDF on Lebanon on May 10, <br \/>(Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war isn\u2019t over since the enriched uranium must be taken out of Iran. \u2018Trump has said to me, \u201cI would like to go in there,\u201d and I believe it may possibly be done physically,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>In a single image, captioned \u2018Bye Bye, Drones\u2019, an AI image showed an American warship blasting Iranian drones out of the sky with lasers.<\/p>\n<p>One other showed Iranian drones dropping like butterflies into the ocean, with images of actual blue butterflies next to it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_296490432-93e6.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28308354\" alt=\"Trump fires off barrage of AI-slop on Truth Social\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>In a single image, Trump watched as ships exploded in the gap (Picture: Truth Social)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It appears the President got the phrase \u2018dropping like flies\u2019 mixed up with butterflies.<\/p>\n<p>Other posts showed AI mockups of a UFC fighting stage on the White House lawn, which Trump plans to host for America\u2019s 250th this yr.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took a dig at his predecessor Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u2018[Iran] finally found the best SUCKER of all of them, in the shape of a weak and silly American President. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018He was a disaster as our \u201cLeader,\u201d but not as bad as Sleepy Joe Biden! For 47 years the Iranians have been \u201ctapping\u201d 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.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: \u2018Egocentric\u2019 Trump is rebranding the USA in his own image<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Eurovision on \u2018high alert\u2019 after threats from ISIS and Iran<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Royal Navy warship dispatched for potential Strait of Hormuz mission<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--news\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>News Updates<\/h4>\n<p>Stay on top of the headlines with day by day email updates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump shouldn&#8217;t be blissful with Iran\u2019s ceasefire offer (Picture: EPA) Donald Trump has blasted Iran for making an \u2018unacceptable\u2019 ceasefire offer, with fears the Middle East may very well be plunged back into war. Washington\u2019s latest proposal addressed a deal to finish the war, reopen the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz\u00a0and roll back Iran\u2019s nuclear program. 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