U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that his envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will travel to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran, warning Tehran that failure to accept a US proposal would trigger sweeping military action.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Iran’s gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier constituted “a total violation” of a ceasefire agreement. He said shots were fired at a French vessel and a British freighter, calling the incident “not nice.”
“My representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan. They will be there tomorrow evening for negotiations,” Trump wrote.
He added that Iran’s recent announcement it was closing the strategic waterway was “strange,” arguing that a US naval blockade had already effectively shut it down. According to Trump, Iran is losing about $500 million a day from the disruption, while “the United States loses nothing.”
Trump accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of trying to act like “the tough guy,” and said Washington was offering a “very fair and reasonable deal.”
“If they don’t take it, the United States is going to knock out every single power plant and every single bridge in Iran,” he warned. “No more Mr. Nice Guy.”
He added that it would be “an honor” to take such action, arguing it should have been done by previous US presidents over the past 47 years. “It’s time for the Iran killing machine to end,” Trump wrote.