US president issues chilling and unequivocal threat to Tehran in staggering intervention in Middle East crisis

With Iran’s air defenses shredded, allies sidelined and its arsenal of missiles dwindling, the country’s theocratic leaders face the prospect of having to submit to a tougher negotiation on their nuclear program as their only way out of a worsening situation.

President Donald Trump arrived in Washington, D.C., early Monday morning, one day ahead of his scheduled return to the White House from the G7 in Canada. Trump has ramped up pressure on Tehran to make a “deal” with the United States after Israel began striking targets inside of Iran late last week.