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Eugene

(67,220 posts) Sun May 3, 2026, 05:05 AM Sunday

Trump says Iran has not yet 'paid a big enough price' as he reviews new peace proposal

Source: The Guardian and agencies

Trump says Iran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews new peace proposal

Iran says the ‘ball is in the United States’ court’ as Trump says he is likely to reject new proposal from Tehran

Guardian staff and agencies
Sun 3 May 2026 04.48 BST
Last modified on Sun 3 May 2026 08.17 BST

Donald Trump said on Saturday he was going to review a new peace proposal from Tehran but cast doubt over its prospects, saying Iran had not yet “paid a big enough price”.

Two semiofficial Iranian news outlets, Tasnim and Fars, believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said Iran had sent the US a new 14-point proposal via Pakistan.

“I’ll let you know about it later,” Trump said of the proposal on Saturday, before boarding Air Force One, adding that “they’re going to give me the exact wording now”.

Shortly after speaking to reporters, Trump posted on social media about the new proposal, saying he “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/trump-says-iran-has-not-yet-paid-a-big-enough-price-as-he-reviews-new-peace-proposal

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Trump says Iran has not yet 'paid a big enough price' as he reviews new peace proposal (Original Post) Eugene Sunday OP

Pot, meet kettle. raccoon Sunday #1

the very idea this ridiculous, demented orange assclown is "in charge" Skittles Sunday #2

He just put another nail in his own coffin. multigraincracker Sunday #3

Trump is not getting the personal pay day he wants. Irish_Dem Sunday #4

I can think of a simple way to make Iran pay a big enough price jmowreader Sunday #5

Neither has he. sinkingfeeling Sunday #6

What bothers me is that he makes blatantly ignorant statements like this lees1975 Sunday #7

It seems he believes he really does hold all the cards karynnj Sunday #8

raccoon

(32,445 posts)

1. Pot, meet kettle.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 05:20 AM

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Trump posted on social media about the new proposal, saying he “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”

Skittles

(172,510 posts)

2. the very idea this ridiculous, demented orange assclown is "in charge"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 05:27 AM

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JFC HOW DID WE GET HERE

multigraincracker

(37,937 posts)

3. He just put another nail in his own coffin.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 07:59 AM

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Irish_Dem

(82,055 posts)

4. Trump is not getting the personal pay day he wants.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 08:10 AM

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He wants oil, money, land, and bowing down and kissing his ass.

jmowreader

(53,331 posts)

5. I can think of a simple way to make Iran pay a big enough price

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 08:15 AM

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Rig Donald Trump with a 100-foot cargo chute and drop him over Teheran with a note pinned to his cheap suit: "He's yours now. Good luck!"

sinkingfeeling

(57,946 posts)

6. Neither has he.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 09:18 AM

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lees1975

(7,160 posts)

7. What bothers me is that he makes blatantly ignorant statements like this

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 10:03 AM

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but very few Americans are aware enough of what is going on to be able to call him out on it. And our stupid media sits there and has no clue.

karynnj

(61,071 posts)

8. It seems he believes he really does hold all the cards

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 10:27 AM

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It might be that the current situation is more unacceptable to the US and world than to Iran.

Until the Strait is open, getting oil, gas, fertilizer out of that area is difficult and very costly. I expect in the future an Iranian threat to close the Strait could be as strong as the threat to develop and use a nuclear weapon.

Apparently, the supposed author of the art of the deal has very little understanding of diplomacy and unfortunately is too egotistical to see that.

What he likely does see is that agreeing to end the blockade and Iran opening the Strait means we are back to where we were before he started the war. Obviously we have killed their leaders and many others and caused great destruction, but no great victory of the type he wants.

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