Donald Trump changed his stance from a few days ago and stated that he no longer considers easing sanctions on Iran to give a chance for dialogue in light of the “hateful” speech delivered on Thursday by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
In addition, the Republican president assured that he “saved” his life in the recent armed conflict with Israel, where the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities.
What is Trump’s new stance on Iran?
“I saved him from a very ugly and ignominious death death and he doesn’t have to say: thank you, President Trump,” said the American president, who particularly criticized Ali Khamenei for saying that Iran had “won the war” when “he knows it’s a lie.” “As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie,” commented Trump.
In addition, the president insisted on his Truth Social network on his thesis that the Iranian nuclear facilities were “destroyed” by the bombings and that he himself managed to make Israel retreat military planes with which they “perhaps” intended to launch “one last blow” on Iran.
According to Trump, this latest attack would have caused “enormous damage” and the death of “many Iranians”. “It was going to be the biggest attack of the war, by far,” added the president, who just minutes before had warned at a press conference that he did not rule out launching a new operation on Iran if it reactivated its nuclear program.
In recent days, Donald Trump has tried to refute, with attacks, disqualifications, and a press conference led by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, the reports from CNN and The New York Times that the damage to Iranian facilities was not total and only delayed their nuclear program by a few months.
Trump pointed out that a hypothetical lifting of sanctions would have facilitated Iran’s “recovery” after the conflict, but this review has been halted with “immediate” effect. Iran, in Trump’s words, is a country “without hope,” so he has recommended to reconsider its strategy to realize that “often more is achieved with honey than with vinegar.”