Trump Says Iran Deal Possible Monday, Threatens to ‘Blow Everything Up’ If Talks Collapse
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes there is a “good chance” of striking a nuclear deal with Iran on Monday, even as he kept his threat of massive military strikes on the table if negotiations fall apart.
“I think there is a good chance tomorrow, they are negotiating now,” Trump told a Fox News journalist. He followed that up with a blunt warning: “If they don’t make a deal and fast, I’m considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil.”
Trump said he had granted amnesty to Iranian negotiators to keep talks alive, though Tehran offered no immediate response. He also said Washington had been in contact with Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf.
In an unusual disclosure, the US president said America had sent weapons to Iranian protesters earlier this year through Kurdish intermediaries, but claimed the Kurds had kept them. He was referring to the nationwide protests that erupted in January 2026, sparked by economic deterioration and record-high inflation. The unrest started with a historic strike at the Tehran Grand Bazaar and spread rapidly into an anti-government movement across more than 400 cities.
Earlier Sunday, Trump had threatened to strike Iranian energy infrastructure, declaring Tuesday would be “power plant day and bridge day all wrapped in one,” and warning there would be “nothing like it.”
He also posted on Truth Social: “Open the Fukin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell, just watch! Praise be to Allah.” The post drew widespread condemnation for its profanity and invocation of Allah, widely seen as a departure from the decorum expected of an American head of state and Commander-in-Chief.
The remarks come as Trump faces growing pressure at home and abroad over crude oil prices that have stayed above $100 per barrel since the start of the West Asia war driven largely by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy corridors. Iran shut down shipping through the strait after the war began on February 28, which was triggered by a US-Israeli bombing campaign targeting senior Iranian leadership, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials.