“Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a non-nuclear deal. They’d better get smart soon,” US President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday.
Trimp shared an illustration of himself wearing a black suit and sunglasses while holding a firearm, with explosions in an Iranian landscape behind him, captioned “No more Mr Nice Guy”.
The message comes just before Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth’s scheduled first testimony on the Iran war.
Trump reportedly instructed aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran on Tuesday.
He assessed that his other options, to resume bombing or walk away from the conflict, carried more risk than maintaining the blockade.