As we reported, President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Iran Saturday, declaring that if they didn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz by Monday evening, we would strike their power plants and send them back into the dark ages.
On Monday morning, however, he said on social media that ongoing talks were fruitful and that he would pause those strikes for a period of five days.
He gave more information on the situation as he spoke to reporters Monday morning before embarking on Air Force One to depart West Palm Beach, Florida, (with a reported stop in Tennessee for a “Memphis Safe Task Force” roundtable) to head back to Washington D.C.
They’d better make a deal, he declared, or we’ll just keep bombing them:
They’ll be talking later today, he said.
President Donald Trump’s administration will speak with Iran’s leadership later Monday after the two sides found “major points of agreement,” the president says.
Trump made the comments while speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One on Monday. He did not name the Iranian officials engaged in talks, but said he had not spoken with Mojtaba Khamenei, who was formally installed as Iran’s supreme leader earlier this month.
“We’re gonna get together today,” Trump said, saying the meeting will be by phone. He predicted that the war could end in the next 5-day period if the exchange “goes well.”
The word is that Mojtaba was in a coma. He didn’t know what hit him. He lost at least one leg and suffered devastating injuries. At this point he might even be dead.