Trump says ready to ‘finish’ Iran, threatens China with 50% tariffs

After the historic US-Iran negotiations concluded in Islamabad without resolution, US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that Tehran’s nuclear ambitions were at the core of the failure to end the war, and the US was ready to “finish up” Iran at the “appropriate moment”.

“They (Iran) want money and, more importantly, they want nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully ‘LOCKED AND LOADED,’ and our military will finish up the little that is left of Iran,” he said in a Truth Social post.

Meanwhile, Trump said his threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on goods from countries that sold weapons to Iran was aimed at China. Trump told Fox News that had heard reports of China giving anti-aircraft “shoulder missiles” to Iran. He played down the possibility of China supplying weapons to Iran, but said their goods would be taxed if they did.

“I doubt they would do that, because I have a relationship, and I think they wouldn’t do that, but maybe they did a little bit at the beginning,” Trump said. “But if we catch them doing that, they get a 50 per cent tariff.”

Shehbaz thanked me for saving 30-50 mn lives: US Prez

Trump acknowledged the role played by Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in hosting the talks in Islamabad. “They are very extraordinary men, and continuously thank me for saving 30-50 million lives in what would have been a horrendous war with India. I always appreciate hearing that — the amount of Humanity spoken of is incomprehensible,” he said.