Trump Threatens Higher-Level Bombing If Iran Rejects U.S. Proposal To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the war would be over if Iran agrees to American proposals that would allow reopening the Strait of Hormuz to everyone, and he warned in a Truth Social post that bombing would begin at a much higher level if Tehran rejects the agreement. CNBC reported that Trump later told PBS there is a good chance to end the war, but added that if it does not end, “we must return to bombing them hard.” The same CNBC report said Washington is awaiting responses from Tehran within 48 hours to draft a one-page memorandum of understanding, while Iran is reviewing a U.S. proposal it received through Pakistan. CNBC also said a Pakistani official and another person familiar with the talks described the proposed memorandum as including 14 items to formally end the war, followed by talks to open navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and lift U.S. sanctions.

“Obama warns US risking catastrophic global damage as he implicitly criticizes Trump's Iran policy Barack Obama tells New Yorker magazine that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has 'gotten what he wanted' Merve Aydogan 05 May 2026•Update: 05 May 2026 Kanada, Ontario Former US President Barack Obama has warned that America risks causing catastrophic global damage if its leaders abandon basic human values, responding indirectly to President Donald Trump's threat that Iran faced destruction if it did not surrender, according to an interview Monday”

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Former President Barack Obama warned in an interview with The New Yorker that American leadership must reflect “a basic regard for human dignity and decency,” and he said abandoning those values risks destabilizing international systems. Anadolu Ajansı reported that Obama told the magazine that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “gotten what he wanted,” while questioning whether the outcome benefited Israel or the United States. In the same Anadolu Ajansı account, Obama said Netanyahu pushed both him and Trump hard for military confrontation but that he had refused, and he added, “I think my prognosis was accurate.” The Mirror meanwhile described a renewed pattern of threats and said “Trump has started issuing threats again,” while asserting that the ceasefire is “increasingly fragile” and that Iran “still holds all the cards.”

The Daily Beast said top administration officials told Axios that the White House believes it is closer to an agreement with Iran than at any other time since Trump launched his campaign on Feb. 28, and it described a provisional deal that includes Iran “committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment.” It also said the U.S. would lift sanctions and release billions of dollars worth of otherwise frozen assets in return, while both sides would commit to facilitating transport of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. The Daily Beast warned that “the possibility of renewed war” remains, or “an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped but nothing is truly resolved,” because “many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached.” Press TV quoted ex-US jurist Judge Andrew Napolitano saying Trump’s aggression has yielded “zero strategic gains,” and it added that the Strait of Hormuz has become a “contested battle zone driving up global oil prices.”

“CHICAGO, United States (MNTV) – Former President Barack Obama has issued a stark condemnation of Donald Trump’s Iran policy, warning that the administration’s aggressive militarism risks unleashing severe global consequences while serving primarily to advance Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategic interests rather than American security”

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