Trump urges Iran to sign deal “before it’s too late,” hails Israeli strikes as “very successful”

He wrote this on his social network, Truth Social.

"I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,' but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done," Trump wrote.

The U.S. president added that he warned Iran it "would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told," and that the United States "makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the world, by far, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come — and they know how to use it."

After that, Trump once again urged Iran to make a deal "and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire."

“No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE,” he added.

Later, in a brief comment to CNN, Trump stated that the U.S. supports Israel and called the strikes on Iran last night a "very successful attack."

“We certainly support Israel, obviously, and have supported it like no one ever has,” the U.S. president said.

Trump added that Iran should have listened when he gave them a 60-day warning, noting that today is the 61st day.

“Now they have to sit at the negotiating table to make a deal before it’s too late. For them, it will be too late. You know, the people I dealt with are dead, the hardliners,” the U.S. president said, without specifying whom he meant.

When asked if this was a result of Israel’s attack last night, Trump sarcastically replied, “They didn’t die of the flu; they didn’t die of Covid.”

In the evening, in a comment to Fox News, Trump said that “the Iranians took a hit that was ten times stronger than they expected.”

“They weren’t ready for negotiations. I think now they might be ready. We’ll see,” he added.

• On May 20, it was reported that the U.S. had received new intelligence indicating that Israel is preparing to strike Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
• Later, Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia had sent a direct message to Tehran, urging it to seriously consider the U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s proposal on a nuclear deal in order to prevent a potential armed conflict between Israel and Iran.
• On June 7, Iran's intelligence services reported that the country had gained access to a significant amount of classified information about Israel’s nuclear program.
• Previously, Trump repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if negotiations over its nuclear program failed, and later stated he was unsure whether Tehran would agree to halt uranium enrichment — a key U.S. demand. Trump was presented with military options in case talks with Iran collapsed. Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh emphasized that his country would retaliate against U.S. bases in the region if the nuclear negotiations failed and Iran came under attack.
• On the night of June 13, Israel launched a large-scale operation against Iran, carrying out preemptive strikes on its nuclear and military facilities.