{"id":6792,"date":"2026-04-19T21:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:01:20","slug":"no-more-mr-nice-guy-trump-issues-warning-as-us-team-set-to-reach-for-islamabad-for-iran-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=6792","title":{"rendered":"&#039;NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!&#039;: Trump issues warning as US team set to reach for Islamabad for Iran talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Donald Trump has announced that American representatives will arrive in Islamabad on Monday night for a fresh round of negotiations with Iran, even as tensions escalate over alleged ceasefire violations in the Strait of Hormuz.\u00a0<\/p> <p>In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused Iran of breaching the ceasefire agreement by firing at vessels in the Gulf, including a French ship and a British freighter. Calling it a \u201ctotal violation,\u201d he warned Tehran of sweeping consequences if it fails to accept what he described as a \u201cvery fair and reasonable deal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>Trump\u2019s rhetoric took a stark turn as he threatened large-scale strikes on Iranian infrastructure if negotiations collapse.\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cIf they don\u2019t take it, the United States is going to knock out every single power plant and every single bridge in Iran,\u201d he wrote, adding, \u201cNO MORE MR. NICE GUY!\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116431297579272777\/embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe> <\/p> <p>He further claimed that Iran\u2019s actions in attempting to close the Strait of Hormuz were self-defeating, arguing that existing US measures had already effectively restricted maritime movement, costing Tehran heavily in lost revenue.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong>Islamabad talks amid rising stakes\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <p>The upcoming talks in Islamabad are seen as a critical attempt to revive diplomacy after the first round failed to produce a concrete framework. Pakistan has emerged as a key intermediary in facilitating dialogue between Washington and Tehran.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Despite the heated rhetoric, Trump signaled that diplomacy remains on the table.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Speaking to <em>ABC News<\/em>, he expressed confidence that a deal would ultimately be reached.\u00a0\u201cIt will happen. One way or another. The nice way or the hard way,\u201d Trump said.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong>Ceasefire under strain\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <p>The situation in the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 one of the world\u2019s most critical oil transit chokepoints \u2014 has added urgency to the negotiations. Any disruption in the passage can have immediate global economic implications, particularly for energy markets.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Iran has not yet publicly responded to Trump\u2019s latest remarks, but earlier statements from its officials suggested resistance to US demands, particularly on issues such as enriched uranium and sanctions relief.<\/p> <\/div> <p>#039NO #NICE #GUY039 #Trump #issues #warning #team #set #reach #Islamabad #Iran #talks1776603680<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has announced that American representatives will arrive in Islamabad on Monday night for a fresh round of negotiations with Iran, even as tensions escalate over alleged ceasefire violations in the Strait of Hormuz.\u00a0 In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused Iran of breaching the ceasefire agreement by firing at vessels in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[15789,25345,968,23359,1747,25344,188,544,903,379,378,3741],"class_list":["post-6792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-039no","tag-guy039","tag-iran","tag-islamabad","tag-issues","tag-nice","tag-reach","tag-set","tag-talks","tag-team","tag-trump","tag-warning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}