Trump: US blockade ‘absolutely destroying Iran,’ won’t end unless full deal reached

US blockade on Iran is costing the regime half a billion dollars per day, says Trump, denying he is under pressure to reach a deal with the Islamic Republic.

By David Rosenberg, World Israel News

President Donald Trump denied Monday that he is under pressure to reach a deal with Iran, arguing that the economic damage caused by the American blockade of the Islamic Republic has put time on his side regarding Iran.

In a pair of posts to his Truth Social account, the president slammed both Democrats and major media outlets, accusing them of encouraging Iran to defy the United States in nuclear talks by misrepresenting the balance of power between the two countries following six weeks of hostilities.

“I’m winning a War, BY A LOT, things are going very well, our Military has been amazing and, if you read the Fake News, like The Failing New York Times, the absolutely horrendous and disgusting Wall Street Journal, or the now almost defunct, fortunately, Washington Post, you would actually think we are losing the War,” Trump wrote.

Trump accused the news outlets of “rooting for Iran to win,” adding that the damage to Iran’s military is more severe than has been generally reported.

“The enemy is confused, because they get these same Media ‘reports,’ and yet they realize their Navy has been completely wiped out, their Air Force has gone onto darker runways, they have no Anti Missile or Anti Airplane Equipment, their former leaders are mostly gone (This has been, in addition to everything else, Regime Change!).”

The president dismissed claims that he is under pressure to “make a deal” with Tehran, pointing to the economic damage inflicted on Iran by the US blockade, arguing that time is on America’s side in the nuclear talks with Iran.

“I read the Fake News saying that I am under ‘pressure’ to make a Deal. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively quickly! Time is not my adversary, the only thing that matters is that we finally, after 47 years, straighten out the MESS that other Presidents let happen because they didn’t have the Courage or Foresight to do what had to be done with respect to Iran.”

The US, Trump continued, will maintain its blockade of Iran until a comprehensive nuclear deal is reached.

“THE BLOCKADE, which we will not take off until there is a ‘DEAL,’ is absolutely destroying Iran. They are losing $500 Million Dollars a day, an unsustainable number, even in the short run. The Anti-America Fake News Media is rooting for Iran to win, but it’s not going to happen, because I’m in charge!”

Overnight, Trump reiterated his claim that Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025 succeeded in destroying several key Iranian nuclear sites, suggesting that due to the scope of the damage, the implementation of a nuclear agreement – in particular the removal of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile – could be a “long and difficult process.”