‘This is a Last Chance!’ Trump Says He Backed Off Massive Iran Attack Because ‘They Called’

President Donald Trump claimed Monday that he has given Iran a “last chance” to agree to a peace deal now that he has backed off his latest threat to hit the country with strikes “not seen since WWII.”

During an Oval Office executive order signing Monday, Trump discussed Iran, saying, “We’ve done a great job. But when we talk, we say we’re talking. If we’re not talking. When you ask me, ‘No, we’re not talking,’ I’ll say it. But we are talking, right now, we’re talking, and we’re talking at the request of Iran backed by Saudi Arabia. Backed by the UAE, and backed by Qatar, in particular.”

“But others also,” Trump continued. “Many countries called. Many, the leaders of many — I’m friendly with a lot of them, almost all of them, one way or the another — and they all wanted to give this a last chance. This is the last chance; this is not something that, if it doesn’t happen — this is a last chance for them to sign a good document.”

Trump later told a reporter that this is Iran’s “last chance” to make a deal before “decapitation.”

Earlier Monday, Trump posted to Truth Social that Iran’s leaders are lying when they say there’s no current negotiations with the United States.

Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say “beg,” talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with “Oman.” They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our “Blockade” or, as some say, “The United States Wall of Steel!” Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished. Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades. It is very simple, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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