President Trump on Friday blamed Iran for forcing Israel to hit its nuclear program with deadly airstrikes, while urging Tehran to finally make a deal “before there is nothing left.”
“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal,” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Friday.
“I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,’ but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done.
President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 12, 2025. REUTERS“I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come – And they know how to use it.
“Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen,” he said.
“They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”
“There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end.”
“Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,” he added.
A video grab of the aftermath from the Israeli airstrike in Tehran on June 13, 2025. Reuters
Fire fighters work inside a building after an Israeli attack north of Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockIn a follow up post, Trump argued that Iran should have secured a deal months ago.
“Two months ago I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.’ They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!” he wrote.
Trump lashed out soon after Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, killing at least three top military officers and raising the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Operation “Rising Lion” had targeted several sites across Tehran to dismantle the country’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile factories, and military – in a mission to “roll back” Iran’s threat to Israel’s “very survival.”
Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of the country’s military, were killed in the barrage. Gholam Ali Rashid, the head of Iran’s emergency command, as well as six nuclear scientists were also killed.
First satellite images confirm significant damage at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility after Israeli strikes during Operation Rising Lion. Airbus defense and space.
Satellite images confirm damage at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility after Israeli strikes during Operation Rising Lion. Airbus defense and space.
Satellite image showing damage at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility. Airbus defense and space.In response, Iran fired more than 100 drones at Israel, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of “severe punishment.”
Israel said the drones were being intercepted outside its airspace. It wasn’t immediately clear whether any got through.
The Trump administration, which had cautioned Israel against an attack during continued negotiations over Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, said it had not been involved and warned against any retaliation targeting US interests or personnel.
With Post wires
