{"id":327167,"date":"2026-05-20T07:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327167"},"modified":"2026-05-22T06:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:48:01","slug":"trump-may-have-to-give-iran-another-big-hit-it-has-two-or-three-days-to-come-to-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327167","title":{"rendered":"Trump: May Have To Give Iran Another &#8220;Big Hit&#8221; &#8211; It Has &#8220;Two Or Three&#8221; Days To Come To Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tyler Durden \u2013 Zero Hedge May 19, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>President Trump has on Tuesday while fielding questions from reporters repeated his line that Iran is &#8216;begging&#8217; for a deal.\u00a0&#8220;They&#8217;re begging to make a deal. I hope we don&#8217;t have to do the war, but <strong>we may have to give them another big hit<\/strong>. We may have to give them another big hit. You&#8217;ll know very soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His threat to give them another &#8220;big hit&#8221; was coupled with the assertion that he was just one hour away from ordering new attacks on Iran Monday, but was asked by Gulf allies to given diplomacy just a little longer:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Trump: <strong>&#8220;I was an hour away&#8221; from striking Iran<\/strong> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>There was also the below moment where he again talked timeline, saying he&#8217;s ready to resume military action in<strong> a few &#8216;days&#8217; <\/strong>if Iran doesn&#8217;t comply:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reporter: How many days does Iran have to come to the table?<\/p>\n<p>Trump: Two or three days. Maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Maybe early next week. A limited period of time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yAAfv2jR20\">pic.twitter.com\/yAAfv2jR20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/2056748926494035987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iran for its part says it stands ready to &#8220;confront aggression&#8221; and remains in a high state of military alert.<\/p>\n<p>Also, tensions with nearby Gulf states are still soaring, and amid reports that drones have recently been launched from Iraqi territory &#8211; likely the work of Shia paramilitary organizations which are closely allied with Iran.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">(Reuters) &#8211; The United Arab Emirates&#8217; Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that a drone that caused a fire at its nuclear power plant on Sunday had been launched from Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Emirati officials have said the UAE has the full right to respond to such &#8220;terrorist attacks&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Skv8LEkkRy\">https:\/\/t.co\/Skv8LEkkRy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phildstewart\/status\/2056742344095924616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a huge and unexpected announcement, amid stalled US-Iran peace talks &#8211; which have proven a failure and illusive thus far, NATO now says it <strong>could deploy military assets to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>. Per breaking newswires Tuesday late morning:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>NATO TO CONSIDER HORMUZ DEPLOYMENT IF STRAIT NOT OPEN BY JULY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Trump has continuously chastised the NATO alliance for being largely bankrolled by Washington but at the same time fence-sitting when it comes to forming a coalition to patrol and reopen the vital energy transit waterway. Oil plummeted on the initial headline, seeing in it a positive for the potential that crude transit in the Persian Gulf could again be opened up soon:<\/p>\n<p>And Bloomberg freshly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-19\/nato-is-starting-to-consider-hormuz-deployment-to-protect-ships\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>NATO is discussing the possibility of helping ships pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz if the waterway isn\u2019t reopened by early July, according to a senior official in the military alliance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The idea has support from several members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, <\/em><strong><em>but doesn\u2019t yet have the necessary unanimous support<\/em><\/strong><em>, said a diplomat from a NATO country. Both officials spoke on the condition of anonymity. Leaders from NATO countries will meet in Ankara July 7-8.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But July feels very far away at this point, and anything could happen between now and then, as Washington continues to threaten renewed military action, and Iran says it remains on high alert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATO defense chiefs are meeting this week<\/strong>, where also high on the agenda will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/05\/19\/nato-military-chiefs-meet-as-iran-war-depletes-alliances-arsenal\">following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">At this week&#8217;s summit, military chiefs from all 32 member states will examine the impact that consistent rapid consumption may have on NATO&#8217;s collective capabilities and deterrent power as Russia continues to threaten allies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/oil-plummets-nato-mulls-hormuz-deployment-if-strait-not-open-july#google_vignette\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s latest threat comes as several NATO member states warn they could form a coalition to take action if the Strait of Hormuz isn\u2019t reopened by July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":326351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Inside_the_White_House_and_Washingtons_Beltway","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327168,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327167\/revisions\/327168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/326351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}