Trump Warns Iran The Us ‘has Been Nice’ So Far In Attacks As Threat Of Full-blown War Grows

President Donald Trump warned Iran that nan U.S. has been “nice” truthful acold successful its attacks against nan Middle East nation arsenic tensions proceed to emergence and nan threat of full-blown warfare remains.

Speaking successful nan Oval Office alongside Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, Trump said Iran was erstwhile again being “decimated” and disclaimed immoderate liking successful caller ceasefire negotiations aft a activity of attacks connected U.S. bases and allies. But he cautioned nan U.S. could escalate attacks connected Iran successful ways that would time off nan country’s infrastructure truthful devastated it could return “decades” for Tehran to rebuild arsenic nan renewed conflict heads into a 3rd afloat week.

“They want to desperately meet, and until they're fresh to meet successful a meaningful way, we person nary interest,” he said.

“If we near today, it would return them decades to rebuild, and I don't judge they'd ever rebuild. And honestly, they haven't seen thing yet — we've been nice.”

The president besides said nan U.S. would beryllium striking Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain facility, wherever Tehran is thought to person moved centrifuges needed to enrich uranium to weapons-grade purity. But he downplayed nan value of nan installation by suggesting that American intelligence has been search atomic materials alternatively than nan instrumentality needed to enrich nan materials.

“It doesn't mean thing unless they person nan material. They don't have. We travel nan material. That's wherever nan action is, and we'll beryllium hitting that area very astir apt beautiful soon. And there's not not a point they tin do astir it,” he said.

The president’s latest comments travel arsenic nan renewed American bombing campaign against Tehran entered its tenth time pinch nary extremity successful sight.

But those attacks don’t look to beryllium having immoderate effect connected Iranian capabilities successful a measurement that would bring an extremity to nan warfare Trump started connected February 28, pinch intelligence officials telling The Washington Post that nan airstrikes aren’t apt to origin nan Islamic Republic’s leaders to alteration people aliases soften negotiating demands.

Instead, US intelligence officials person briefed nan Trump management that Tehran and Washington are now stuck successful limbo, pinch some sides refusing to deescalate.

When pressed connected whether he had immoderate scheme to bring an extremity to nan war, Trump became irate and lashed retired astatine nan female journalist who’d asked him nan mobility and repeated his oft-used declare that Tehran has been “decimated” by nan U.S. aerial campaign.

“You don't get that erstwhile you perceive to your clone station. You don't cognize anything,” he said.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed to proceed fighting “until nan very past day” successful a Monday connection successful which they suggested nan warfare could spell connected “for respective years” pinch their “missiles and drones” continuing to “rain down connected American criminals” during that time.

Iran’s attacks complete nan play killed aggregate American work members, nan first to suffer their lives since nan commencement of nan warfare successful March.

In response, Trump wrote connected Truth Social that Tehran would “pay ... galore times over” for each American killed.