Trump calls Iran’s Hormuz offer ‘not enough’

• US president warns strikes against Tehran could resume after midterms; Washington sanctions Iran’s top carmakers, rail operators • Pezeshkian says his country is open to dialogue; Putin hopes the strait reopens, says Russia’s offer to take enriched uranium still stands PRESIDENT Donald Trump rejected Iran’s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as “simply not enough”, warning that military action against Tehran could resume after the midterm elections and predicting long-term peace with the country is unlikely. In an interview with Time Magazine, Trump said he had seen “some aspects” of the Iranian proposal regarding the strait, but deemed it “simply not enough”. Asked why he rejected the proposal, Trump said: “Because things that I wouldn’t have ap­­proved a year ago I wouldn’t have today.” Regarding Tehran’s past threats to close the waterway, Trump said: “There was always a threat they had, and it worked for a little while. But we basically closed it on them. You know, they said we’re going to close. I said, ‘Well, if you close it, you’re going to have big trouble.’ We took it over.” In response to his previous UN remarks about annihilating Iran, Trump told Time, “Yeah, I would do that. It’s possible.” Defending his title as the “president of peace”, he argued, “Because by annihilating Iran, we’ve created peace in the world. With Iran, I don’t think you could ever have peace.” He noted post-midterm bombings remain possible, adding, “We have a lot of weapons.” Addressing a Pentagon report citing munitions shortfalls caused by Operation Epic Fury in Iran, Trump dismissed it as “mostly fake news”. Acknowledging some ammunition forms are lower, he said the US is “stocking up at levels we’ve never done before”. Separately, Trump claimed on Truth Social that while eliminating a nuclear threat typically takes four to six weeks, he “did it in one night”, adding that the remainder of the seven-month conflict ensures it stays that way. He told Time the US destroyed I