President Trump declared on Truth Social that he was heading to the Situation Room to make a “final determination” on Iran as the countries continue their negotiations to end the conflict.
“Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb,” Trump asserted. “The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions. All water mines (bombs), if any, will be terminated (we have removed, through detonation, numerous such mines with our great underwater mine sweepers. Iran will complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that are left, which will not be many!). Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading home!’ Say HELLO to your wives, husbands, parents, and families from me, your favorite President!”
President Trump noted that the “enriched material, sometimes referred to as ‘Nuclear Dust,’ which is buried deep underground with virtually collapsed mountains, caused by our powerful B2 Bomber attack 11 months ago, sitting on top of it, will be unearthed by the United States (which, it is agreed, is the only Country, along with China, with the mechanical capability of doing so!), in close coordination and conjunction with the Islamic Republic of Iran, plus the International Atomic Energy Agency, and DESTROYED.” He further stated that no money will be “exchanged, until further notice. Other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to. I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination.”
Trump’s statement comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with Pakistan’s foreign minister in Washington, D.C. Pakistan, a mediator in the conflict, has done an “admirable job, and that’s who we continue to work through,” Rubio told reporters last week.
“Obviously, other countries have interests because — especially Gulf countries that are in the middle of all this may have their own situation going, and we talk to all of them. But I would just say that the primary country we’ve been working with on all of this is Pakistan, and that remains the case,” he said.
