Watch: Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached
Donald Trump presented Iran with a stark choice at the UN General Assembly: reach an agreement with Washington and rebuild the country, or face the rapid “annihilation” of the Islamic Republic. He then predicted that a deal would probably follow the US elections.
The remarks illustrate Trump’s familiar strategy of coercive diplomacy—keeping negotiations open while threatening overwhelming force.
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