The United States does not need to have a deal with Iran, President Donald Trump declared in a Truth Social post, saying “those days have long since passed.”
“We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed,” Trump wrote. “We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!”
Trump was referring to the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil waterway in the ongoing U.S.-Iran war.
The remarks came as indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran remained deadlocked. In their latest exchange, Trump demanded war reparations from the Gulf states, while Tehran maintained that its conditions must be satisfied before the talks could advance.
Trump Says US Doesn’t Need a Deal With Iran, Claims Control of Its Billions and Strait https://t.co/I2ZT7HHZOi
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The major sticking points include the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which accounted for a quarter of the global oil shipping before the conflicted erupted on February 28.
In the same post, Trump said he has asked Vice President JD Vance to focus his “complete and total attention” on what he described as “Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S.”
He named Minnesota, California, and Illinois as “poorly run, corrupt disasters,” claimed “billions of dollars is being stolen each and every month,” and argued the federal budget “could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal activity.”
“CORRUPTION is in the Democrat Leadership’s blood,” Trump wrote, before pivoting back to Iran.
US-Iran Stalemate: Trump Demands War Payments, Iran Sticks to its Conditions
Trump’s broadside comes as he has stepped up attacks on Democrats, who are preparing to scrutinize his administration’s dealings after sweeping midterm victories that saw them secure control of both chambers on Capitol Hill.
The Mississippi victory gives Democrats 55 seats in the Senate, while they already hold a majority in the House of Representatives with more than 250 seats.
Ali Imran is a Washington-based journalist, who has worked for leading world news organizations as a correspondent, expert and in editorial positions. He is a published author and poet.
