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Sunday, April 19, 2026
Trump threatens to destroy every bridge, power plant in Iran if Tehran doesn’t take deal: ‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY’; Iran’s Ghalibaf mocks Trump’s ‘foolish’ blockade
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
After telling Fox News that talks with Iran will resume on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump says on Truth Social, “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!” he writes.
He says that the bridges and plants will “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.”
“IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!” he concludes.
Trump’s comments come after one of Iran’s chief negotiators, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, termed Trump’s blockade of Iran’s ports “ignorant” and “foolish”, and said Tehran would not allow others to transit the Strait of Hormuz if its ships were blocked. He also said Iran’s forces were “fully prepared” for the US to resume hostilities at any moment.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday said Trump has no legitimacy for depriving Tehran of its ostensible nuclear rights. “Trump says Iran cannot make use of its nuclear rights, but doesn’t say for what crime. Who is he to deprive a nation of its rights?” Pezeshkian said.
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