Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' if no deal before deadline

Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' if no deal before deadline58 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBernd Debusmann Jr & Tom Batemanat the White House Getty ImagesTrump said that Nato's failure to participate in the US operation in Iran will long be rememberedUS President Donald Trump has threatened to take out Iran "in one night" if it fails to make a deal before the deadline he set for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route.Trump's deadline for an "acceptable" deal - one that includes the free flow of energy through the Gulf - is set for 20:00EDT (01:00GMT) on Tuesday. Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said that he believed "reasonable" leaders in Iran were negotiating in "good faith", but the outcome remained uncertain. Iran has so far rejected proposals for a ceasefire, and has instead called for an immediate end to hostilities, post-conflict reconstruction and the lifting of sanctions.Trump's news conference held alongside General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and defence secretary Pete Hegseth comes days after US forces successfully recovered two crew members of an F-15 fighter jet that was downed in southern Iran. While much of Trump's remarks highlighted what he described as the "heroic" rescue of the crew, he once again repeated his warning that the US could launch attacks on Iran's energy and transportation infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened by Tuesday's deadline."The entire country can be taken out in one night – and that night might be tomorrow night," he said on Monday.Once the deadline passes, Trump added, Iran would be sent back to the "Stone Ages". "They're going to have no bridges," he said. "They're going to have no power plants." Despite Iran's earlier rejection of US demands, Trump continued t...