Trump stuns Arab leaders into silence in dramatic leaked phone call as president demands ‘great deal’ from Iran: ‘I will blow s*** up’

In a leaked phone call, Donald Trump told Arab leaders he would broker a peace deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz only if they normalize relations with Israel.

The Middle East’s most powerful leaders, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Egypt, joined Trump on a conference call Saturday to discuss progress toward ending the U.S.-Iran war and reopening the vital oil transit route.

In response, Trump pressured leaders to normalize relations with Israel; this was a demand aimed at nations that had opposed the Jewish state since its founding in 1948.

According to Axios, Arab leaders were so stunned by the request that they refused to respond and remained completely silent on the call.

After a long silence, Trump nervously joked, ‘Are they still there?’

As the silence remained intact, Trump ended the call by announcing that his ambassadors Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff would follow up on the normalization of Israel in the coming weeks.

Following the dramatic weekend call, peace talks between the United States and Iran stalled on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal; Both sides are deadlocked over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and unfreezing of Iranian assets.

Trump has issued an extraordinary new threat by posting a meme on Truth Social showing him forcing a cartoonist terrorist representing Iran to negotiate or he will ‘explode.’

Trump has issued an extraordinary new threat by posting a meme on Truth Social showing a cartoonist representing Iran forcing a terrorist to negotiate or he will ‘explode’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19.

Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, looks on during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 18

The president said the United States and Iran will either reach a “major and meaningful” agreement to end the war “or there will be no agreement.”

The post appeared to be another attempt to push back against critics who have warned that a deal that does not restrict Iran’s nuclear ambitions risks a revival of the Obama deal signed in 2015.

During his first term, Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, calling it the ‘worst deal in history’.

“This will be the exact opposite of the JCPOA disaster negotiated by the failed Obama Administration, which was a direct and clear path to a Nuclear Weapon for Iran,” Trump said Monday.

Iran has said the deal under negotiation does not include any immediate concessions on its nuclear program, only a commitment to discuss the issue over a 60-day period, and that current talks center around reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

A diplomatic source told financial news outlet Nikkei that Iran is preparing to open the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days after reaching a deal with the United States.

Iran’s top negotiators and financial chiefs arrived in Doha on Monday to resume peace talks aimed at unfreezing billions of dollars of the regime’s assets, according to AFP.

“Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Galibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Doha earlier today to discuss ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the conflict,” a source told AFP.

While oil fell to its lowest level in more than a month in hope of a deal, the global benchmark Brent crude oil fell to $97 per barrel.

President Trump has long sought to expand the Abraham Accords, the 2020 agreement that normalized relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.

But Israel’s standing among Arab countries plummeted following the Gaza war, in which tens of thousands of Palestinians reportedly died.

An oil tanker burned after being hit by an Iranian attack in the ship-to-ship transfer zone in Khor al-Zubair port near Basra, Iraq, late on Wednesday, March 11.

A fire broke out after a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 28, 2026.

Kushner and Witkoff led negotiations on behalf of the United States in key global conflicts during Trump’s second administration, including Iran, Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza.

The Abraham Accords were a major milestone of the first Trump administration.

In addition to Israel, the countries that have signed so far include Bahrain, Morocco, UAE and Sudan.

Trump on Sunday expressed his desire for more Middle Eastern countries to sign peace agreements with Israel.

“I want to thank all Middle Eastern countries for their support and cooperation so far, which will only grow and strengthen as they join the historic Abraham Accords Nations,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He added: ‘Who knows, maybe the Islamic Republic of Iran will want to join too!’

Trump also said the US relationship with Iran “has become much more professional and productive.”

But he called on Iran to ‘understand’ that it cannot develop nuclear weapons or bombs.

Fire and smoke rise into the sky after Israel’s attack on the Shahran oil depot in Tehran on June 15, 2025

Trump announced yesterday afternoon that the Iran peace deal was “substantially negotiated” but was still “expected to be finalized.”

‘In addition to many other elements of the Agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened,’ he said on Truth Social.

According to Axios, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed was among Muslim leaders who told Trump they support the deal to end the war.