On Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters he would be looking at a new offer from Iran to end the conflict.
.@POTUS on Iran’s latest proposal: “I’m looking at it [on the plane]. I’ll let you know about it later… They told me about the concept of the deal. They’re going to give me the exact wording now.” pic.twitter.com/MDLcVXYP9r
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 2, 2026
“I’m looking at it [on the plane]. I’ll let you know about it later,’ he said. “They told me about the concept of the deal. They’re going to give me the exact wording now.”
He said that they didn’t necessarily have to make a deal with Iran. But if the U.S. would leave right now, it would take Iran 20 years to rebuild. However, he said something very important, “We’re going to do it so no one has to go back in two years or five years.”
That sounds like a commitment to trying to get it right now, while they have Iran on the ropes, so we don’t have to revisit the issue at a later point.
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Trump also chastised a reporter for asking him if he would restart military strikes. He then made it clear that it could still be on the table if he thought it was necessary, if they [Iran] “misbehave” or “do something bad.”
.@POTUS on restarting military strikes against Iran: “I can’t tell that to a reporter. If they misbehave, if they do something bad — but right now, we’ll see. It’s a possibility that could happen, certainly.” pic.twitter.com/bf9Jmgf7M8
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 2, 2026
“It’s a possibility that could happen, certainly,” he said.
He later made a post on his Truth Social acount questioning whether their offer would be good enough.
https://t.co/EHhlj8e2Ou pic.twitter.com/YbCKlqSXI5
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 2, 2026
He posted that he “can’t imagine that [the deal] would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”
That’s a couple of different offers in just a couple of days from Iran. That says to me, they’re hard up and they’re trying to figure out what will get the blockade lifted. So, it’s a question of how quickly they will crack, and the clock is already ticking.
Miad Maleki, a former senior sanctions strategist and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said In a recent interview on Fox News’ “Fox Report, that U.S. sanctions and military blockades are working.
He noted the U.S. has a level of leverage not seen since 1979, with the regime facing pressure comparable only to the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
While the Iranian dictatorship has historically ignored public opinion, Maleki warned that the regime is running out of time, facing imminent oil storage issues and gasoline shortages.
To suppress domestic uprisings, the Iranian government has shut down the internet for nearly two months, costing the economy roughly $50 million daily. In addition, the U.S. blockade is draining an estimated $435 million per day in lost imports and exports.
“They might be able to continue in a matter of days and weeks, but I don’t think they can continue to stay in this kind of situation more than a month or two,” Maleki said.
This is a developing story. We’ll provide updates as more information becomes available.
Editor’s Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.
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