💀 Trump Threatens Iran: "Make a Deal, Rot Economically, or Be Wiped Out"

"Trump said Iran's leaders should make a deal, rot economically or be wiped out... However, with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian expected in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, Trump said he would be open to meeting him."

— [Reuters], September 20, 2026 – https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/iran-warns-against-new-escalation-by-us-allies-2026-09-20/

Trump threatens to "wipe out" Iran's leadership — then offers to meet. This is not strength. It is incoherence. Iran will not be intimidated by a president who cannot decide between threats and diplomacy. Pezeshkian will go to New York and speak for a nation that has refused to kneel.

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