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With a US carrier strike group steaming toward the Gulf, President Trump issues a final ultimatum to Tehran, threatening an attack “far worse” than last year’s strikes if a nuclear deal isn’t signed.

The Persian Gulf is once again a powder keg as President Donald Trump issues a thunderous ultimatum to Tehran: negotiate now, or face a military cataclysm "far worse" than anything seen before.
In a late-night salvo on Truth Social, the US President revealed that a "massive armada," spearheaded by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, is steaming toward the region with "enthusiasm and purpose." The rhetoric marks a dangerous escalation from diplomatic pressure to direct military coercion. Trump’s message was devoid of ambiguity: "Time is running out! Make a deal!" The deal in question? A total capitulation on Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Trump invoked the specter of "Operation Midnight Hammer"—a reference to the devastating US airstrikes conducted in June 2025 during the brief but intense Israel-Iran war. Those strikes, which targeted underground enrichment facilities with bunker-busting munitions, were thought to have set Tehran’s program back by years. Yet, intelligence reports suggest Iran has rebuilt faster than anticipated, pushing the breakout time for a weapon to mere weeks.
The President’s threat to unleash violence "far worse" than Midnight Hammer implies a target list that goes beyond centrifuges. Military analysts believe the US is signaling readiness to strike regime command nodes and oil infrastructure—the very lifeblood of the Islamic Republic.
This is the classic Trump doctrine: maximum pressure applied with maximum volume. By moving a carrier strike group—a floating city of firepower—into striking distance, he is daring the Ayatollah to blink. But the calculus has changed. Iran, battered by sanctions and internal dissent, may feel it has nothing left to lose.
As the USS Abraham Lincoln cuts through the waters of the Arabian Sea, the world holds its breath. We are one miscalculation, one stray drone, or one intercepted missile away from a conflict that would make the wars of the last decade look like skirmishes. The clock is ticking, and the hands are dangerously close to midnight.
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