Trump threatens to ‘blast the hell out of Iran’ as nuclear deal talks collapse

Donald Trump has warned Iran it faces two choices – be blasted ‘to hell’ or ‘make a deal’ – as US-Iran nuclear deal talks collapse and military tensions reach breaking point

Donald Trump has ominously threatened to “blast the hell” out of Iran, issuing a stark warning about reaching an agreement with the US. The tension between the two nations remains at a critical point as America maintains its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, preventing crucial Iranian oil and gas supplies from leaving the vital shipping channel.

An agreement between the two parties seems as distant as ever, with rounds of negotiations ending without a resolution. Now, Mr Trump has given Iran two options. Speaking to journalists outside the White House, he said: “Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever, or do we want to try and make a deal?”

When asked if the US President wants to “blast the hell out of Iran”, he responded: “I prefer not to on a human basis, but that’s the option.” Mr Trump also dismissed concerns that the US could be depleting its missile stockpile following reports that White House officials were beginning to worry about inventory levels.

He stated: “We have more than we’ve ever had, actually, because all over the world we have inventory and we can take that if we need it. All over the world, we have tremendous amounts of inventory.

“We’re stocked and locked and loaded. Right now, we have more than double what we had when this started.”

The US President also told journalists outside the White House that anyone who would tolerate Iran having a nuclear weapon “is not very smart”, reports the Express.

He said: “It will be a terrible thing in the future if they were ever allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

“You would have problems the likes of which the world has never seen before, and it’s not going to happen.

“Aside from that, right now, they have no navy… no air force. It’s been wiped out.

“They have no anything. They have no anti-aircraft. They have no radar.”