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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at an event about maternal healthcare, Monday, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at an event about maternal healthcare, Monday, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday Iran’s response to the U.S. cease-fire offer was “just unacceptable,” characterizing Tehran’s offer as a “stupid proposal.”
“The cease-fire is unbelievably weak. After reading that piece of garbage, it’s on life support,” Trump said during a White House maternal health event. “Nobody would’ve taken it. Obama and Biden would’ve taken it – what they took was far worse.”
Trump said Iran had been “totally defeated” and added that he has “the best plan ever.”
Referring to talks over Iran’s nuclear program, Trump said Iran had told him it intended to hand over “the nuclear dust,” but that the United States would have to remove it because the site was “so obliterated that only one or two countries in the world could get it – us and China.”
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A woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
A woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
Trump said Iran had agreed to remove the nuclear material “two days ago” but later “changed their mind.”
“They didn’t put it in the paper. We waited four days and it should’ve taken 10 minutes,” Trump said. “They just can’t get there. They agree with us, then they take it back.”
Describing Iran’s leadership as consisting of “moderates and the lunatics,” Trump said the Iranian people “want to go out in the streets, but they have no weapons.”
Trump also criticized the Iraqi Kurds, saying, “We thought the Kurds were going to give us weapons, but they disappointed us. They take, take, take.”