Posted on 06/23/2025 9:43:56 AM PDT by bitt
President Trump felt Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave him “the middle finger” when Iran shrugged off his push for diplomacy, solidifying his decision to bomb Tehran’s nuclear facilities, according to a new report.
In the final moments before Saturday’s airstrike, Trump’s frustration with Tehran reached its limit, with thee president sure the attack against the Fordow fuel enrichment plant would go off without a hitch — despite the flood of reports that he was still undecided.
“In the end, it was everything. The timing was right,” a Trump confidant told Axios. “The Ayatollah gave Trump and the U.S. the middle finger. And that came with a price.”
Trump had warned Tehran to agree to a new nuclear deal last week lest there be consequences. Turkey was reportedly working to put together a meeting between the Trump administration and Iranian officials.
Trump even offered to go himself and meet Iran’s supreme leader if it would mean the talks could go forward, according to reports.
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How passive aggressive feminine of them.
One wonders therefore if they have already completed a nuclear device. Frankly, after all this time, I would be surprised if they had not.
They just launched a salvo at Qatar.
They just launched a salvo at Qatar.
If you don’t mind, where are you getting this news?
That's some serious [courage].
Found it - Fox News
They just launched a salvo at Qatar.
If you don’t mind, where are you getting this news?
Not so fast. Iranian rockets are hitting US bases in Iraq, Kuwait, and Quatar.
“If you don’t mind, where are you getting this news?”
Fox News reporting 6 missiles targeted our base in Qatar.
Charlie Kirk is live reporting this.
“Not so fast. Iranian rockets are hitting US bases in Iraq, Kuwait, and Quatar”
What reports?
What this will also do, quite effectively, is show other intransigents around the globe that the ‘carrot-and-stick’ is now fully effective. The next few years should be quite interesting, and perhaps constructive.
Iran has been giving the world the finger with its terrorism since 1979.
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