Trump: Military option against Iran remains on the table
<p>President Trump says military action against Iran remains an option: They would love a deal but are not ready to make the right one.</p> <p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>
President Donald Trump conveyed during a press conference on Friday that Iran would be interested in entering into a deal with the United States, but the nation was not prepared to negotiate the "right deal." Trump asserted that the United States held absolute control over the region surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration's declarations of economic warfare against Iran, he explained, did not imply any limitation on the U.S. military capabilities.
This development unfolded one week following Trump's pledge to impose severe economic sanctions on Iran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Washington would implement measures against Tehran unprecedented in nature. Reports emerged that Iranians were struggling with extreme hardships, with the president noting that they were failing to pay their soldiers, police, and experiencing an inflation rate of 350 percent.
However, the Iranian media swiftly dismissed Trump's claims, labeling his assertion about inflation as a baseless assertion with no basis in economic facts.
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