{"id":2243,"date":"2026-03-26T11:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:02:43","slug":"deranged-trump-fires-salvoes-at-nato-and-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/deranged-trump-fires-salvoes-at-nato-and-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Deranged Trump fires salvoes at NATO and Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>US President Donald Trump called Iranian negotiators \u201cdifferent and strange,\u201d urging them to \u201cget serious\u201d about the US peace proposal on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian negotiators are very different and \u2018strange.\u2019 They are \u2018begging\u2019 us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback, and yet they publicly state that they are only \u2018looking at our proposal,\u2019\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: President Trump says Iranian negotiators are &quot;begging the US to make a deal&quot; while they &quot;publicly state that they are only looking at our proposal.&quot;<br><br>&quot;They better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is no turning back, and it won&#39;t\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9L4ehMiB7p\">pic.twitter.com\/9L4ehMiB7p<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/2037118630454849597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged them to \u201cget serious soon, before it is too late,\u201d as there will be \u201cNO TURNING BACK, and it won\u2019t be pretty!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US has reportedly sent Iran a 15-point plan, outlining steps on Tehran&#8217;s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as well as maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran rejected the proposal, saying any ceasefire would occur on its terms and timeline, and outlined five conditions for ending the war, including a complete halt to &#8220;aggression and assassinations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, Trump said that NATO allies have done \u201cabsolutely nothing\u201d to help with the \u201clunatic nation, now militarily decimated,\u201d of Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe USA needs nothing from NATO, but \u2018never forget\u2019 this very important point in time,\u201d Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent days, Trump has urged both allies and rivals, including China, to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, a vital trade route, as disruptions there have driven up global oil prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of European countries declined, saying the Iran conflict was a war started by Trump without consulting with US allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran reportedly sets five terms to end the war, including security guarantees, reparations, and recognition of its rights. Here&#39;s more\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xo3RVuuUsA\">pic.twitter.com\/Xo3RVuuUsA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TRTWorldNow\/status\/2037033287848169569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump previously reiterated that the US does not need NATO, calling the alliance\u2019s stance a \u201cvery foolish mistake.\u201d He said he is not currently planning to withdraw from the alliance but suggested it is an option worth considering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has long denigrated NATO, and during his first term &#8211; according to multiple White House accounts &#8211; he openly considered withdrawing from the postwar Western alliance. &#8211; AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump called Iranian negotiators \u201cdifferent and strange,\u201d urging them to \u201cget serious\u201d about the US peace proposal on Thursday. \u201cThe Iranian negotiators are very different and \u2018strange.\u2019 They are \u2018begging\u2019 us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,140],"tags":[14,65,16,23,24,19,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-2243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conflict-zones","8":"category-must-reads","9":"tag-gaza","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-palestine","12":"tag-trump","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-war-crimes","15":"tag-zionist"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2261,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}