Thursday, June 18, 2026

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Trump warns Iran to get serious in talks ‘before it’s too late’

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US President Donald Trump cautioned Iran on Thursday to “get serious soon” in talks to settle the Middle East crisis, while also criticizing NATO partners for not participating in the conflict.

Despite Iranian authorities’ public denials, Trump believed Iran was actively negotiating an agreement to stop the nearly four-week strike exchange.

“The Iranian negotiators are very different and ‘strange,’” he wrote in early morning post on Truth Social.

“They are ‘begging’ us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback, and yet they publicly state that they are only ‘looking at our proposal.’ WRONG!!!”

Iran “better get serious soon, before it is too late,” he urged, “because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t be pretty!”

Pakistan has confirmed that it delivered a 15-point US plan to Iranian officials, with Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday saying that “indirect talks” were taking place with Islamabad as intermediary.

Trump on Thursday also took aim again at NATO allies, after describing them last week as “cowards” for not joining the United States and Israel in attacking Iran.

“NATO NATIONS HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE LUNATIC NATION, NOW MILITARILY DECIMATED, OF IRAN,” he wrote in a separate Truth Social post, while also once again casting doubt on US support for the alliance going forward.

“THE U.S.A. NEEDS NOTHING FROM NATO, BUT ‘NEVER FORGET’ THIS VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN TIME!”.