US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday that time was running out for Iran, and that the next potential US attack on the Islamic Republic — if Tehran doesn’t make a nuclear deal — would be far worse than the June 2025 strikes. “Don’t make that happen again,” he warned.

Trump has threatened military intervention against Iran over its crackdown on protests, which rights groups say killed thousands. However, rhetoric on the issue has shifted in recent days so that the threat of military action is hanging over Tehran unless it returns to the talks on the issue of its contentious nuclear program.

“A massive Armada is heading to Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It is moving quickly, with great power, enthusiasm, and purpose. It is a larger fleet, headed by the great Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln, than that sent to Venezuela. Like with Venezuela, it is, ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence, if necessary.”

The USS Abraham Lincoln and accompanying warships arrived in the Middle East on Monday to boost the US’s available firepower and defensive capabilities in the region.

Trump said that he hopes that Tehran 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!” Trump stressed. “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, referring to the US strikes at the end of Israel’s 12-day war on Iran in June.

“The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” wrote Trump.

Trump posted a message to Islamic Republic on Truth Social!

“As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was “Operation Midnight Hammer,” a major destruction of Iran. The next attack........

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