U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Drive One on Might 15, 2026 as he returns to the US.
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President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened Iran to “get shifting,” or seemingly face new penalties.
“For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, they usually higher get shifting, FAST, or there will not be something left of them,” Trump stated in a Reality Social publish. “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!”
Trump didn’t element what precisely the results can be, nor what he expects Iran to do so as to keep away from them.
The U.S. and Iran have been at loggerheads in negotiations to finish the struggle since a tenuous ceasefire was reached in early April. The U.S. continues to blockade Iranian ports, whereas Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz for the reason that starting of the battle.
However the obvious menace shouldn’t be the primary time Trump has menaced Tehran in stark phrases on social media. Previous to the April ceasefire, he warned {that a} “entire civilization will die tonight, by no means to be introduced again once more,” until Iran capitulated to U.S. calls for. He had beforehand threatened to strike civilian infrastructure, together with Iran’s energy vegetation and bridges, which might represent a struggle crime.
The closure of the strait, a essential channel for oil, has wreaked havoc on the financial system, sending oil costs hovering globally and spiking gasoline costs within the U.S. The nationwide common value for gasoline within the U.S. was $4.51 per gallon on Sunday, in line with AAA.
The U.S. is demanding that Iran abandon its nuclear program and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is demanding reparations for the struggle’s injury, an finish to the blockade and an instantaneous finish to the combating, together with in Lebanon.
