US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, April 29, appeared to issue another warning to Iran, stating that the Islamic Republic will no longer be dealing
with “Mr. Nice Guy.” He also asked Iran to “get their act together” and “get smart soon.” The warning was accompanied with Trump’s edited picture. “Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a non-nuclear deal. They better get smart soon!,” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social. In the picture shared by the US president, he can he seen carrying an assault rifle. This post from Trump also comes hours after he claimed that Iran is "in a state of collapse." "They want us to 'Open the Hormuz Strait,' as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!)," said Trump. Trump's repeated warnings come amid stalled US-Iran talks after the first round of negotiations in Islamabad failed to produce a deal. Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, according to multiple media reports. US President Donald Trump seems unlikely to accept the offer, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to rule out any deal that excludes Iran’s nuclear program. According to the report, Iran has agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz if; 1. The US lifts its blockade on the country and its ports 2. If it ends the war in the Middle East 3. If the discussions on Tehran's nuclear programme are pushed to a later phase of the diplomatic process. The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and around 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas passes through it. When asked about the reported proposal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News, “What they mean by opening the straits is, yes, the straits are open, as long as you coordinate with Iran, get our permission, or we’ll blow you up and you pay us.” “That’s not opening the straits. Those are international waterways. They cannot normalise, nor can we tolerate them trying to normalise, a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway and how much you have to pay them to use it.” On the proposal suggesting pushing the discussions on its nuclear program, Rubio said, “There’s no doubt in my mind that at some point in the future if this radical clerical regime remains in charge in Iran, they will decide they want a nuclear weapon.” “That fundamental issue still has to be confronted,” he said. “That still remains the core issue here.”
