President Donald Trump has described the bombing of Iran from Israel as a ‘very successful attack’.
The 78-year-old has been pushing for the Middle Eastern country to sign a nuclear deal with the a group of world powers known as the P5+1 – which includes the US, UK, Germany, France, China and Russia.
The agreement is similar to the first deal struck back in 2015 – which Trump opted the US out of in May 2018 during his first term as president, labeling it ‘defective at its core’.
For those unaware, the deal that the Trump administration has been trying to broker is for Iran to bring to a halt its nuclear development program – with world leaders worried that the country intends to create a nuclear artillery for warfare.
In return for Iran axing the program, the US and other leading nations would lift the sanctions placed on Iran – as it did back in 2015.
A view of a damaged building in the Iranian capital, Tehran, following an attack, on June 13, 2025. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced that Israel conducted strikes on Iran (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images
Between 2012 and 2016, the Iranian economy lost out on a total of $160 billion in revenue from its oil supply alone, and after Trump reimposed sanctions in 2018, the Iranian rial – its local currency – dropped to a record low.
Iran is currently in a deep recession, and has been since the sanctions were put in place.
“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. 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,” the Republican wrote on Truth Social.
“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.”
Israeli army says it launched strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program (Yilmaz Yucel/Anadolu via Getty Images)
He’s referring to the air strikes that Israel rolled out on the nation today (June 13).
As for how Israel is involved in the matter… well, Israel and Iran have a long history of conflict, and a new chapter has been created after Israel launched a major attack in the early hours of this morning that set off explosions in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Israel said it targeted nuclear and military facilities, killing Iran’s top military and nuclear scientists.
Israel’s attack comes as tensions have escalated over Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, which Israel sees as a threat to its existence.
President Donald Trump issued a grave warning to Iran (Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Trump’s post continued: “Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. 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. God Bless You All!”
Before later adding: “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!”
