Donald Trump issued a deranged threat against Iran and signed off by saying, “Praise be to Allah!” during an early morning Truth Social blitz.
In a typically unhinged post, the 79-year-old president warned that Tehran will “pay the price” for not agreeing to a peace deal with the U.S.
Trump followed up with a second message desperately defending how the U.S. has the upper hand in the war, adding, “Praise be to Allah!”
“Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore-They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!!” Trump posted at 7:03 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
“They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!”
For weeks, Trump has claimed that a deal with Iran was on the verge of being agreed upon.
These boasts blew up in the president’s face as both countries exchanged fire after Iran’s military shot down a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, further threatening an already shaky ceasefire arrangement.
In a follow-up Truth Social post, Trump insisted the war is going well, but the “Fake News Media refuses to report how EFFECTIVE” the U.S. naval blockade is on Iran.
“NOTHING GETS THROUGH unless we want it to. IT IS A STEEL WALL! Iran is doing ZERO business, not paying their military, or any of their bills, and quickly becoming a FAILED NATION,” Trump wrote at 7:32 a.m.
“Lots of oil is getting out. Praise be to Allah!”
Trump has previously caused confusion by writing “praise be to Allah” in his social media updates on Iran—a country with a near-total Muslim population.
This includes an expletive-ridden Easter Sunday message in which the 79-year-old warned Iran to “Open the f---in’ Strait, you crazy b-----ds, or you’ll be living in Hell.”
“JUST WATCH!” he added. “Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Separately, Trump told Fox News that he is “getting close to ordering new strikes against Iranian power plants and bridges.”
He also accused Iran of “tapping the United States along when it comes to the negotiating process.”
Trump’s threats arrived after the U.S. retaliated against Iran for shooting down an Apache helicopter on Tuesday by targeting Iranian air-defense systems, ground-control stations, and surveillance radar sites.
In response, Iran also carried out missile and drone attacks on U.S. military bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
The tit-for-tat strikes are the latest indication that the deeply unpopular Middle East conflict has no real end in sight, despite Trump’s insistence.
Analysis from CNN found that since just before the shaky ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran was agreed to on April 7, Trump has claimed on at least 38 occasions that the war with Iran will end any day now and that Tehran is close to agreeing to a peace deal.
Trump even claimed that a deal could be made within “two or three days” just before the countries began exchanging fire.
“We should be able to do it in one hour, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said. “We’re very close to having a very, very good, strong, powerful deal.”
Tehran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei accused the U.S. of standing in the way of peace.
“What happened last night demonstrated that Iran’s brave armed forces do not hesitate when it comes to defending the country,” Baghaei said.
“Unfortunately, the United States is undermining this process through contradictory messages, frequent shifts in its positions and demands, and repeated violations of the ceasefire.”
