Alex Woodward and James C. Reynolds – The Independent June 22, 2026
Donald Trump threatened to “take over” Iran if they try to close the Strait of Hormuz again during a turbulent weekend for diplomacy as negotiators met in Switzerland to begin a period of high-stakes talks to end the war.
The US president said he had warned Iranian officials directly that “you close [the strait] and you won’t have a country”, Fox News’s Trey Yingst reported on Sunday, as Iran again restricted maritime traffic in response to Israel’s clashes with Hezbollah.
“You won’t even make it back to your f***** country,” the president said he told the Iranians, adding: “We’ll take over the rest of the country.”
High stakes talks aimed at finalising a deal to end the war are expected to continue through the week, after a “difficult” start that saw Iranian negotiators walk out over Trump’s “insults”.
The first round of talks nonetheless concluded early on Monday morning, with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi praising Pakistan and Qatar for their mediation and saying they “delivered major progress”.
And despite the public bluster, JD Vance told reporters that Trump had “asked us to turn over a new leaf to transform our relationship with the people of Iran”.
Trump returns to White House and trashes media coverage of Iran war
Shortly after returning to the White House from a weekend at Camp David, President Donald Trump lashed out at the “Corrupt and Failing New York Times,” which published an analysis on the U.S. war with Iran finding that neither the conflict nor an agreement to end it have definitively cut off threats from the regime.
The title is “What Changed After Almost Four Months of War? Analysts Say Not Much.”
“REALLY?” Trump responded on Truth Social.
“Their Military is DONE, their Navy is GONE, their Air Force is GONE, their Launching Pads, Missiles, Drones and Manufacturing of same, is almost GONE, their top two sets of Leaders are GONE, their Inflation is at 250%, their Economy is BROKEN, their Soldiers aren’t being paid, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN, THE OIL IS GUSHING, and the U.S. Stock Market and Jobs are at record HIGHS,” he added.
Trump’s brain is GONE.
He’s the perfect patsy. Rothschild tells him what to say. Israel tells him how and Kushner tells him when.
The puppet’s puppet. Israel bought the right president.
> his repeated threats and boasts about US military power only diminish its standing
Careful. You’re getting a bit too close to the truth and you wouldn’t want to do that. It’s outside your pay grade.
Could he-do you think-be doing it on purpose? No, that would be “crazy talk”.
I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll say there’s a deal.
America, welcome to your Trump nightmare.
He’s not in the business of making peace, he’s far too ignorant for that. It’s also Trump along with his mate Netanyahu who think they can bomb their way out of every fix.
Most of what we see and hear from DT is pre written by others, on social media, or pre taped from years ago when he looked orange. He doesnt exist. At least not all his 335 pounds , in full dementia. We may be seeing more of Vance. He has lots to say and tell us, you know. Also we haven’t seen much of Pete, the legendary commander of the armed forces in their unrestrained , but raging no less, war on some fake country.
Trump’s ridiculous boasts only reduce his and the US govt’s standing. A majority of the American people are against his support of the Evil Jew Empire. But he and his pals have the power, not us. America is not a democracy, it is an oligarchy ruled by rich tyrants in the US and abroad. We don’t want it to be that way but are slow in fixing it.
Trump is Israel’s bitch
Rarotflmfao The clowns had rice farmers and goat herders sending them on their way abandoning all their gear with their tails between their legs like bitches and they want to take over Persia, yeah right.
Trump really doesn’t realise that the whole world is laughing at him. America has become a joke – albeit a bad one.