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Trump says US has given Iran proposal for nuclear deal: Trump says 'they know they have to move quickly or something bad, something bad is going to happen'
Fox News ^ | May 16, 2025 7:10am EDT | Greg Norman

Posted on 05/16/2025 5:23:31 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. has given Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal.

"Yeah they have a proposal, but more importantly, they know they have to move quickly or something bad, something bad is going to happen," Trump said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned this week that the United States is facing a critical moment with Iran to curb its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon and limit its uranium enrichment.

TRUMP WARNS IRAN FACES ‘VIOLENCE LIKE PEOPLE HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE' IF NUCLEAR DEAL FAILS

The International Atomic Energy Agency, often referred to as the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, noted in a March report that Iran’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium had alarmingly grown from 182 kg to 275 kg, approximately 401 pounds to 606 pounds, in early 2025.

"Once you're at 60, you're 90% of the way there. You are, in essence, a threshold nuclear weapons state, which is what Iran basically has become," Rubio said Thursday on "Hannity".

"They are at the threshold of a nuclear weapon. If they decided to do so, they could do so very quickly. If they stockpile enough of that 60 percent enriched, they could very quickly turn it into 90 and weaponize it. That's the danger we face right now. That's the urgency here," he said.

REPUBLICANS URGE TRUMP TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON HIS PLAN TO DISMANTLE IRAN'S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES

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1 posted on 05/16/2025 5:23:31 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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BREAKING: Trump confirms U.S.-Iran nuclear deal proposal
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8x1TxjfK3U


2 posted on 05/16/2025 5:27:59 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Please pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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3 posted on 05/16/2025 5:33:43 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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The 2 month ultimatum period has ended. I would not be surprised if the deadline is this weekend. The US and partners have moved 4 Carriers in place and can amass one of the largest attack formations ever assembled.


4 posted on 05/16/2025 5:55:58 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Oh yeah, like that High Noon warning on a Saturday to Hamas to release all hostages or else?


5 posted on 05/16/2025 6:19:19 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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6 posted on 05/16/2025 6:23:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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To: silent majority rising

The 60 days was up last week according to my calculations. Iran is on borrowed time ...


7 posted on 05/16/2025 6:34:22 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert

I agree. Trump gave them an additional grace period. He is asking Iran to dismantle all of their nuclear facilities (verifiably), which they will not do, of course.


8 posted on 05/16/2025 6:40:58 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: silent majority rising

Then its:

‘VIOLENCE LIKE PEOPLE HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE’


9 posted on 05/16/2025 7:20:59 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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“Then its: ‘VIOLENCE LIKE PEOPLE HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE’”

Oh how I wish Iran would reconsider their hatred of the U.S. that views this nation as their number one enemy. However, I realize President Trump must respond.


10 posted on 05/16/2025 6:40:43 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Please pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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silent majority rising: "The US and partners have moved 4 Carriers in place and can amass one of the largest attack formations ever assembled."

By my count, there are up to seven carriers, or carrier-like ships, in or near the area, including:

  1. Truman (CVN)
  2. Vinson (CVN)
  3. Eisenhower (CVN)
  4. Wales (UK)
  5. Wasp (ARG)
  6. Makin Island (ARG)
  7. Diego Garcia ("unsinkable carrier")
In addition, there are numerous US & allied destroyers, frigates and SSGN submarines capable of launching long-range cruise missiles and similar ordnance.

Add to those, hundreds of Israeli F-15s, F-16s & F-35s.

The French CVN de Gaul recently returned to France from a five-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific region and could soon be ready to relieve others now on station.

This is, seriously, no joke.

(left) USS Vinson CSG:
(right) SSGN submarine:

11 posted on 05/17/2025 5:57:05 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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Your list is much more complete than mine. Thanks. Trump was criticized for not stopping in Israel on his Mideast tour, but he would have dropped in just as the IDP started a major new operation in Gaza called “Gideon’s Chariots”. I suspect that the US and Israel are about to clean Iran’s Nuclear Program off the earth. The Ayatollah again called Israel a Cancerous tumor that must be removed today, so Trump has his answer. Iran will soon have theirs.


12 posted on 05/17/2025 6:37:28 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I prefer “something bad is going to happen”.
Something REALLY bad is going to happen”


13 posted on 05/17/2025 5:45:43 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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silent majority rising: "Your list is much more complete than mine. Thanks."

All of that is public information, no secrets, and I can't verify how accurate any of it is.
The only location I know for certain is Diego Garcia, our "unsinkable aircraft carrier" in the Indian Ocean.
Everything else could be pretty much anywhere by now.

silent majority rising: "I suspect that the US and Israel are about to clean Iran’s Nuclear Program off the earth.
The Ayatollah again called Israel a Cancerous tumor that must be removed today, so Trump has his answer.
Iran will soon have theirs."

Nobody today knows how this will play out, but it does appear to me that our guys are ready for pretty much any eventuality.

Perhaps the Iranians will remember Pres. Reagan's 1988 Operation Praying Mantis and find a way to cut a deal with Pres. Trump before things get violent?


14 posted on 05/18/2025 7:52:36 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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Yes, in World War II, the question was “Where are those Japanese Carriers?” Btw, one of two things are about to happen. Either Iran gives up (verifiably) all of the nuclear material and centrifuges, or Trump will attack. The two months is past due, and I suspect all of the aircraft are in position. So this will be an interesting week for sure.


15 posted on 05/18/2025 8:11:04 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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