U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the U.S. will continue peace talks with Iranian representatives in Pakistan on Monday — even as he continued to threaten striking civilian infrastructure in the region.
In a post to social media, the president accused Iran of violating a ceasefire and striking multiple European ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Now, Trump said, “many” ships are headed to the U.S. “to load up.”
“We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” Trump said.
“They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years.,” he continued. “IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!”
International law scholars have previously warned that strikes to civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. But negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have grown increasingly tense as a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues. Iran recently vowed to restrict the number of ships that can pass through the strait and mocked European Union pleas to reopen it.
Trump on Sunday called Iran’s announcement “strange,” saying the U.S. blockade already has the strait closed.
“They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day!” Trump said.
Trump has warned that the blockade will remain and bombing could resume if a deal is not reached before the ceasefire expires this week. Peace talks in Islamabad last week, led in part by Vice President JD Vance, fell apart. But as the critical waterway remains closed, oil prices have skyrocketed, sometimes pushing $100 per barrel.
