"Here's a recap of Trump's remarks on Saturday night, in which he threatened to strike Iranian power plants if Tehran does not "fully open" the strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said:

If Iran doesn't FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!"

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aka The Rage Posting War

Iran says it will irreversibly destroy' Middle East infrastructure if US attacks energy sites

"Middle East crisis live: Iran will completely close strait of Hormuz if Trump acts on infrastructure threats, says IRG"

Trump is now threatening to commit War Crimes in Iran against the civilian population:

"Trump's aides defended the threat as a hard-edged tactic to press Iran into submission. Opponents framed it as the failings of a president who miscalculated what it would take to get out of a geopolitical mire.

"Trump has no plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, so he is threatening to attack Iran's civil power plants," said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, adding:

"This would be a war crime."

"He's lost control of the war and he is panicking," said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., responding to Trump's post."

SO it turns out that, according to Iran, there are no direct talks between them and the US.

Can anyone really imagine that Trump would LIE about that??