Trump Unleashes Bonkers Rant Contradicting Himself Over War
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Donald Trump has vowed to “keep bombing our little hearts out” if he doesn’t get his way on Iran, in a wild rant where he repeatedly contradicted himself over the war he started.
Days after insisting he didn’t want a ceasefire because Iran was being “obliterated,” the president claimed his administration was now having “productive talks” to end the conflict.
He also suggested there could be “a very serious form of regime change” in Iran, despite saying earlier that this was not one of his objectives.
Donald Trump set a deadline of 48 hours before the destruction of Iran’s energy infrastructure in a Truth Social post. Nathan Howard/Reuters
But the 79-year-old president couldn’t name which “top” Iranian official the U.S was speaking to as part of the talks—even as he insisted that Iran was prepared to give up its entire nuclear program.
And after saying last week that “we don’t need” Strait or Hormuz, where 20 percent of the world’s oil usually flows, Trump bizarrely claimed that he could end up having control of the critical waterway once it was unblocked.
Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. Stringer/REUTERS
“Me and the ayatollah, whoever the next ayatollah is,” Trump said when asked who would have authority of the Strait if the war ended.
“Maybe me,” he added.
Trump’s comments, made to reporters before he left Palm Beach on Monday morning, added confusion to what has already been a war underpinned by mixed messages, contradicting statements, and wild claims from both sides.
On Saturday, for instance, the president sent the markets into a frenzy by announcing he would destroy Iran’s power plants if they didn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.
On Saturday, Trump threatens to "obliterate" Iranian power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened within 48 hours. Truth Social
But on Monday morning, merely hours ahead of his deadline and after threats of retaliation from Iran, Trump announced he had given orders to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants for five days because the two countries had “very good and productive conversations.”
“If it goes well, we’re going to end up settling this. Otherwise, we just keep bombing our little hearts out,” he told reporters.
But Trump’s claims of talks were immediately rejected by Iran, with an unnamed official telling state media: “There is no direct or indirect contact with Trump. He retreated after hearing that our targets would be all power plants in West Asia.”
A Middle East-based diplomatic source also told the Daily Beast that some of America’s Gulf allies were caught off guard by Trump’s announcement and viewed it as a pause intended to bring down oil prices and attract more assets to the region, rather than an exit strategy.
Trump’s comments briefly sent the price of the Brent crude oil benchmark down around 13 per cent, to below $100 a barrel.
“It’s certainly convenient that there were productive talks going on so that our markets would come back up,” Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton told CNN.
More than 2,000 people have been killed since the Iran ar broke out, including 13 U.S. service members. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
“I think the basic problem remains the regime: as long as they’re there, they now have palpable proof that if they close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s economy suffers.
“So their leverage is significantly up if we allow this to continue.”
Trump, however, insisted that his son in law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff had discussions with Iranian representatives on Sunday, and would continue to do so again today.
“Tomorrow morning, their time, we were expected to blow up their largest electric generating plants that cost over $10 billion to build,” he said.
“One shot: it’s gone; it collapses. Why would they want that? So they called—I didn’t call—they called. They want to make a deal.”
He said there were about “15 points” of agreement to settle, with Iran giving up its nuclear weapons as “number one, two and three.”
Asked if Iran had said yes to that demand, he replied: “They’ve agreed.”
But negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program were also underway before Trump decided to join Israel in the war against Iran on February 28.
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi meets with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2026. Oman News Agency/Handout via Reuters
At the time, Oman was acting as a mediator, and while there were sticking points, Oman’s foreign minister said a “breakthrough” was close.
Trump nonetheless decided to strike, getting the U.S. embroiled in a conflict that was not authorized by Congress and has so far killed at least 13 US service members and thousands of Iranian civilians.
It has also sparked a global energy crisis, with the average national fuel price in the U.S. now at $3.94 a gallon.
Asked last week if he wanted a ceasefire, Trump told reporters: “You don’t do a ceasefire when you’re literally obliterating the other side.”
(L to R) Sgt. Declan J. Coady, Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor and Capt. Cody Khork were killed March 1, 2026, at the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait during a drone attack. U.S. Army
To add to the confusion, he also put out a Truth Social post saying the war could wind down soon, even as the Pentagon sent three warships and thousands more Marines to the region, and was reportedly making “heavy preparations” for the use of ground troops.
The Pentagon also sought additional funding of about $200 billion for the war, with Trump saying it was “a small price to pay to stay tippy top.”
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What is the un-serious form of regime change?
The whole world is laughing at the US.
Both parties to these "peace talks" are pathological liars.
I heard it said today that the US has become Baghdad Bob
He is going to run Venezuela. He is going to pick the next leader of Iran and control the Strait of Hormuz. He is going to "take" Cuba, Greenland, Canada.
Isn't he MAGNIFICENT!!! There has NEVER BEEN ANYONE MORE HEROIC since Genghis Khan.
Did Trump forget (ever know) that 'empire' has to be maintained? And since he likes breaking things down and rebuilding them too. . .he will understand that the U.S. will have to stablilze and 'hold' these countries. . . even while their citizens sabotage his efforts to hold them. . . of course, that won't be easy. And of course, Trump is a 'cheap-skate.'
(Now then, we can see why MAGA followers are sideways with Trump's leadership on 'empire.')
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so far he's torn down the East Wing but no sign of rebuilding it
HA!
This is like a crazy movie script where a con-man somehow winds up being PotUS and engages in all sorts of irrational, self-aggrandizing acts ... and —on top of that— the USA has no practical mechanisms to remove him from power or even hobble his behavior.
Republicans can remove him (and yes, I understand the point you've made on this). . .they do not want to help with the process, nevertheless! They are 'happy campers' with their vindictive liberty-liberal-basher (on the world stage). It does expose the weakness in the position of Congress to defend its 'article 1' status when the majority wing sits on its hand acting like 'fat zealots' feeding at their 'master's' trough!