Trump Pleads For Iran To “Get Serious” While Calling Negotiators “Strange”

President Trump said Iranian negotiators were very “strange” and demanded they get “serious soon, before it is too late.”

The president’s latest post on Truth Social comes amidst frequent and inconsistent reports regarding potential peace talks between the U.S. and Iran.

“They are ‘begging’ us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback, and yet they publicly state that they are only ‘looking at our proposal.’ WRONG!!! They better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t be pretty!,” Trump stated.

Trump asserted earlier this week that there were “productive” conversations happening with Iran. This was denied by Iranian official MB Ghalibaf wrote, “No negotiations have been held with the US, and fakenews is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi then told CNBC that there had been communications. He then clarified that the Iran was reviewing information, but that didn’t mean there were active negotiations.

Since the war began February 28, most of Iran’s senior leadership has been killed and the status of newly-named supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is unknown. Israel has continued to aggressively go after Iranian leadership despite Trump’s attempts at talks. The President told CBS News that the U.S. was in contact with a “top person” in Iran but he wouldn’t name the person “because I don’t want him to be killed.”

The Trump administration has faced increasing pressure domestically to resolve the conflict. The war has largely shut down shipping via the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil travels. Also, oil and natural gas infrastructure in the Middle East have come under drone and missile attacks from Iran, stoking fears of a potential global energy crisis.

Last week, the Trump administration said it planned to ask Congress for $200 billion to continue the war. The request was met coolly by lawmakers with some saying that it was a nonstarter. Trump launched the war without seeking congressional authorization.

However, the New York Times reported that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been pushing Trump to finish the job. According to the report, Prince Mohammed has emphasized the need to destroy Iran’s hardline government.