President Trump signals growing frustration with ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ Iran
President Trump has repeatedly sought to ink a peace deal with Iran. Just days after calling off a massive attack against the regime, he indicated that talks with the country have been incredibly difficult.
by Summer Lane | August 3, 2026
President Donald Trump signaled his growing frustration with the Iranian regime on Monday, just days after calling off a massive attack against the country.
“Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous!” the president said in a statement on Monday.
He continued, “They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with ‘Oman.’”
The president said that Iranians then “give their usual blather” about controlling the Strait of Hormuz. He noted that the U.S. Navy controls the strait, in that it has maintained a heavy blockade on the shipping corridor, stymying ships headed to or from Iranian ports.
“Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished,” the president said. “Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades. It is very simple, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!”
President Trump’s growing frustration with Iran this week comes on the heels of a canceled attack over the weekend. The president previously said on Saturday that the U.S. military was “locked and loaded and ready to go,” but tempered this threat by stating that he had agreed to hold off on further strikes amid talks with the regime.
He said that any deal would include the “Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.”
Getting a deal with Iran has proven to be an arduous task. President Trump has alluded to an imminent deal with the regime at least 38 documented times since the onset of the war, but so far, no agreement has been solidified.
