Trump threatens to knock out ‘every single power plant’ and ‘every single bridge’ in Iran
President Trump threatened on Sunday to destroy “every single power plant and every bridge in Iran” if Tehran withdraws from the US nuclear deal, days before a two-week ceasefire is due to expire.
“NO MORE MR NICE GUY!” Embers wrote.
“They will fall quickly, they will fall easily, and if they don’t accept the DEAL, it would be my honor to do what other presidents have had to do to Iran for the last 47 years,” he added.
He closed the post with one more line: “IT’S TIME FOR THE IRANIAN DEATH MACHINE TO END!”
Hours after the post, the White House said special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner would land in Islamabad on Monday evening for the next round of talks. It’s unclear whether Vice President J.D. Vance will join them. axios reported Vance will again lead the US delegation, citing two US officials, Fox News reported. reported Vance will not embark on the journey, and Witkoff and Kushner will lead on their own. The White House has not made the list public. This is the second in-person encounter in as many weeks. The first one, held on April 11-12, ended without a breakthrough.
Jared Kushner (left) and Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff listen as Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at a press conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad.
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The two-week ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran is set to end on Wednesday, giving negotiators a narrow window.
Trump also accused Iran of breaking the ceasefire a day early. On Saturday, Iranian Revolutionary Guard warships opened fire on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and a container ship was hit by an “unknown projectile”, according to UK Merchant Marine Operations. Trump claimed that the gunfire “was aimed at a French ship and a cargo ship from the United Kingdom.”
India’s foreign ministry said both ships were Indian-flagged and summoned Iran’s ambassador in New Delhi regarding the attacks. One of the ships was operated by French shipping giant CMA CGM.
“That wasn’t nice, wasn’t it?” Trump wrote.
The president also mocked Iran’s weekend announcement that it would close the strait, saying a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports had already blocked the waterway.
“They are helping us without knowing it, they are the ones who lose with the closed passage, 500 Million Dollars a day!” he wrote. “The USA loses nothing.” The $500 million figure appears to come from an estimate by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Quoted by Fox News on SaturdayThis shows that Iran’s daily cost from the US naval blockade is approximately 435 million dollars.
Iran sees this differently. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s chief negotiator and speaker of the Iranian Parliament. in question He said on Saturday that any deal must proceed “step by step” with reciprocal actions and that the United States “has failed to pressure Iran through ultimatums.” He said the talks were “far from a final agreement.”
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei went further, calling the ongoing US naval blockade of the Gulf a “war crime” and saying it was Washington, not Tehran, that was pushing the ceasefire towards collapse.
Approximately 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude oil resident That figure, which was around $90 a barrel on Friday, fell sharply on hopes the waterway would reopen, but the war has knocked out an estimated 10% of global oil supplies and damaged more than 80 energy facilities across the region. According to the International Energy Agency.
