Trump says Israel and Iran will come to deal ‘soon’
US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran against retaliating on US targets in the Middle East while also predicting that Israel and Iran would “soon” make a deal to end their escalating conflict.
Mr Trump in an early morning social meeting posting said the United States “had nothing to do with the attack on Iran” as Israel and Iran traded missile attacks for the third straight day.
Iran, however, has said that it would hold the US, which has provided Israel with much of its deep arsenal of weaponry, for its backing of Israel.
Nuclear program
Israel targeted Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters in Tehran and sites it alleged were associated with Iran’s nuclear program, while Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defences and slammed into buildings deep inside the country.
Mr Trump said: “If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the US armed forces will come down on you at levels never seen before.”
Hours later, the US president took to social media again to predict that “Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal”.
The US president made the claim that he has built a track record for de-escalating conflicts, and that he would get Israel and Iran to cease hostilities “just like I got India and Pakistan to” after the two countries’ recent cross-border confrontation.
Mr Trump also pointed to efforts by his administration during his first term to mediate disputes between Serbia and Kosovo and Egypt and Ethiopia.
“Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!” Mr Trump said. “Many calls and meetings now taking place. I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!”
Promise
The growing conflict between Israel and Iran is testing Mr Trump, who ran on a promise to quickly end the brutal wars in Gaza and Ukraine and build a foreign policy that more broadly favours steering clear of foreign conflicts.
Mr Trump has struggled to find an endgame to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
And after criticising President Joe Biden during last year’s campaign for preventing Israel from carrying out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Mr Trump found himself making the case to the Israelis to give diplomacy a chance.
His administration’s push on Tehran to give up its nuclear program came after the US and other world powers reached a long-term, comprehensive nuclear agreement in 2015 that limited Tehran’s enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Mr Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday about the growing Israel-Iran conflict, and he is set to travel to Canada for Group of Seven leaders summit where the Mideast crisis will loom large over his talks with the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan and the European Union.
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Take the big guy’s predictions with a microscopic pinch of salt.
What was wrong with the first nuclear deal that Obama signed up to? This is like setting fire to the carpet and then taking credit for putting the fire out.
No deal ro be had. Israel attacked a sovereign nation and should be up for war crimes. Lucky Iran hasn’t fired backed for this, the murder of their military official or decades of Israeli intimidation. Starmer no better either, begging for a war to grovel to Israel
You can’t treat the Middle East like a business transaction Donald? Oh yes. The art of the deal. Didn’t Trump say on day one of his Presidency would end the Ukraine war? Yes. Didn’t happen. Then it was 100 days. Didn’t happen. Man’s a bloody turnip! And today, the great dictator celebrated his birthday, which also coincided with the 250th Anniversary of the US Army. Apparently it cost $80 million dollars. I’ve seen a bigger crowd at a wake. It was hilarious. I’d advise all to look at the parade on YouTube, then compare it with the crowds in LA… Read more »
He’s all about the deal. His bull in a china shop style will only ever proliferate war. He wants a Nobel Peace Prize and the way he plans to get it is to start a global nuke fest and when most of the human race is gone, it will be quite peaceful then.