President Trump dismissed Iran as “finished” and rejected claims that he pursued the U.S.-Iran agreement out of desperation, in Truth Social posts Friday defending the framework signed this week.
In the the post , Trump said Iran no longer has a functioning military and dismissed criticism that Tehran is better off than before the war.
“They are FINISHED!” he wrote, adding that Iran would receive no money during the 60-day period set by the framework.
He also rejected the idea that Washington negotiated from weakness, writing that it was Iran, not the United States, that met out of desperation.
They are FINISHED! — President Donald Trump
The posts countered a claim in a statement attributed to Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, which said the American president pursued the agreement out of desperation. That statement has not been independently verified.
In the message, posted Thursday, Khamenei said he authorized the deal despite personally opposing it, granting permission after President Masoud Pezeshkian pledged to safeguard the rights of the Iranian nation and the “Resistance Front,” according to the statement.
The statement said Pezeshkian accepted that responsibility and that Iran would not submit to excessive U.S. demands.
Trump’s posts came amid criticism of his handling of the conflict. An AP-NORC poll conducted June 11-17 found 65% of Americans disapprove of his handling of the U.S. conflict with Iran.
Trump and Pezeshkian signed the 14-point framework remotely on June 17. It provides for an end to strikes, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, an end to the U.S. naval blockade and a 60-day ceasefire extension.
The framework leaves major issues unresolved, with no accord on Iran’s nuclear program or uranium stockpiles.
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