President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to wipe out “every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran” if Tehran walks away from a U.S. nuclear deal, days before a two-week cease-fire expires.
“NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” Trump wrote.
“They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years,” he added.
He closed the post with one more line: “IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!”
Hours after the post, the White House said special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner would land in Islamabad on Monday evening for the next round of talks. Whether Vice President JD Vance will join them is unclear. Axios reported Vance will again lead the U.S. delegation, citing two U.S. officials, while Fox News reported Vance will not make the trip, and that Witkoff and Kushner will lead on their own. The White House has not publicly confirmed the roster. It’s the second face-to-face round in as many weeks. The first, held April 11-12, ended without a breakthrough.
Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin – Pool/Getty Images)
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A two-week cease-fire between the U.S., Israel and Iran is set to expire Wednesday, giving negotiators a narrow window.
Trump also accused Iran of blowing up the truce a day early. On Saturday, Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and a container ship was hit by an “unknown projectile,” according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations. Trump claimed the gunfire was “aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom.”
India’s foreign ministry said both vessels were Indian-flagged and summoned Iran’s ambassador in New Delhi over the attacks. One of the ships was operated by French shipping giant CMA CGM.
“That wasn’t nice, was it?” Trump wrote.
The president also mocked Iran’s weekend announcement that it was closing the strait, saying the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports had already shut the waterway down.
“They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day!” he wrote. “The United States loses nothing.” The $500 million figure appears to have come from a Foundation for Defense of Democracies estimate, cited by Fox News Saturday, that put Iran’s daily cost from the U.S. naval blockade at roughly $435 million.
Iran sees it differently. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the lead Iranian negotiator and speaker of Iran’s Parliament, said Saturday that any deal would need to move “step-by-step” with reciprocal actions, and that the U.S. had “failed to pressure Iran through ultimatums.” He said talks were “far from a final agreement.”
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei went further, calling the continued U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf a “war crime” and saying Washington, not Tehran, was the party pushing the cease-fire toward collapse.
Roughly 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude settled around $90 a barrel Friday, down sharply on hopes the waterway was reopening, but the war has knocked out an estimated 10% of global oil supply and damaged more than 80 energy facilities across the region, according to the International Energy Agency.
