Trump to Iran: Make nuclear deal or next attack’ll be far worse

United States President Donald Trump has urged Iran to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next U.S. attack would be far worse.

“Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal – NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS – one that is good for all parties. Time is running out, it is truly of the essence! As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

The president, who during his first term pulled out of world powers’ 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, noted that his last warning to Iran was followed by a military strike in June.

“The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again,” Trump added.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said he had not been in contact with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in recent days or requested negotiations.

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Trump said a U.S. naval force headed by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, was approaching Iran. Two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday that the Lincoln and supporting warships had arrived in the Middle East.

The warships started moving from the Asia-Pacific region last week as U.S.-Iranian tensions soared following a bloody crackdown on protests across Iran by its clerical authorities in recent weeks.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene if Iran continued to kill protesters, but the countrywide demonstrations over economic privations and political repression have since abated.

He has said the United States would act if Tehran resumed its nuclear programme after the June airstrikes by Israeli and U.S. forces on key nuclear installations.

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