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Trump Warns US Military Ready to ‘Finish’ Iran After Talks Fail
Newsweek ^ | APR 12, 2026 AT 10:55 AM EDT | Daniel Orton and Ellie Cook

Posted on 04/12/2026 2:46:21 PM PDT by henbane

President Donald Trump issued a fresh military threat against Iran on Sunday, saying U.S. forces are prepared to “finish up the little that is left of Iran” after marathon peace talks failed to clinch a deal to end more than six weeks of war.

U.S. officials left drawn-out negotiations in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, in the early hours of Sunday without a breakthrough or answers on what could come next after a temporary, two-week ceasefire expires. Trump announced the pause in attacks on April 7.

Rounding off a lengthy message on Truth Social, Trump added: "We are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran."

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Looks like like things are headed for a final settlement with the mullahs of Iran.

The inevitable course of military action seems headed for President Trump to move in and acquire temporary control over the Iranian splintered political system.

Once the mullah-fractured groups of religious fanatics have been neutralized, President Trump can call together rational political leaders from the Middle East to guide the country into more peaceable waters than the wild turbulence created by the current religious fanatics.

1 posted on 04/12/2026 2:46:21 PM PDT by henbane
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To: henbane

STOP talking and just do it already.


2 posted on 04/12/2026 2:50:53 PM PDT by Craftmore
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To: henbane

Threats only work once. If you don’t follow through, they will never have effect. Stop talking, start acting.


3 posted on 04/12/2026 2:54:35 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: henbane

Let’s see more than a blockade.


4 posted on 04/12/2026 2:55:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: henbane

Here goes.

Drop the bridges and bomb the electric turbines.

About one or two sorties in duration. Easy. Bitter medicine for Persians. Maybe they’ll steel their nerves and attack their IRGC neighbors.


5 posted on 04/12/2026 2:55:32 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Groypers: “Low IQ” - PDJT)
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To: ClearCase_guy

We’ve seen more than a blockade.

Did you forget the tarrifs?


6 posted on 04/12/2026 2:57:05 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: mewzilla

...tariffs...


7 posted on 04/12/2026 2:57:21 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: henbane

Get on with it Mr. President.

God speed. 🙏👍


8 posted on 04/12/2026 2:57:26 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: henbane

Fully agree with post 2 and 3! Just do it!!


9 posted on 04/12/2026 2:57:29 PM PDT by Wasichu
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To: henbane

Can’t make a deal with the current leadership? Just kill them and see if their replacements are any better!


10 posted on 04/12/2026 2:57:53 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: henbane

So the mullahs are the ones calling the shots in Iran?

The IRGC are not?

?


11 posted on 04/12/2026 3:04:02 PM PDT by Fury
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To: henbane

They can never be trusted.


12 posted on 04/12/2026 3:05:49 PM PDT by silent_jonny ("it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening." ~ President Trump 7-14-24)
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To: henbane

And Iran will just continue firing missiles at our allies in the region. Word is Israel is running short of anti-missile defense. And there will be a worldwide depression. Probably just another empty threat from Trump but who knows at this point.


13 posted on 04/12/2026 3:09:37 PM PDT by jimwatx
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Success depends on good intelligence for target designation. I hope the Israelis are sharing what they know and have learned over the past week.

Also the power grid can be "soft" bombed with graphite bombs which will not permanently damage the infrastructure.

14 posted on 04/12/2026 3:12:04 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Craftmore

Enough of this Immature Ranting of a Cornered person.

Iran holds the best cards.

Here goes everyones 401 drops , Gas goes up , food goes up , lumber goes up .

Just be a mature dignified president and move on .
Work on the possible midterm disaster .


15 posted on 04/12/2026 3:12:06 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: jimwatx

Probably just another empty threat from Trump but who knows at this point.”

Yeah that is the kind of BS the TDS a-holes were saying the day before The President bombed the Sh*t out of IRAN.


16 posted on 04/12/2026 3:13:47 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Uncle Miltie

They need arms!


17 posted on 04/12/2026 3:13:58 PM PDT by Reily
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To: jimwatx

Axis of Fear bump


18 posted on 04/12/2026 3:14:37 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: jimwatx

The US got caught off-guard with the Strait of Hormuz being closed like it was.

That has had quite a few knock-on effects.

More are coming as Iran has acted in a way that was not anticipated prior to the start of the war and is still unpredictable.

Whoever gets inside the other’s decision loop (i.e. OODA) will have the upper hand.


19 posted on 04/12/2026 3:14:40 PM PDT by Fury
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To: henbane

20 posted on 04/12/2026 3:20:01 PM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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