U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (April 12, 2026) said his “civilisation will die” remarks brought Iran to the bargaining table for the now failed peace talks, and predicted that they will come back.
“Let me tell you, that statement got them to the bargaining table, and they have it left. They have left the bargaining table. I predict they come back and they give us everything we want,” Mr. Trump told Fox News programme ‘Sunday Futures’.
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On April 7, Mr. Trump had threatened that the U.S. forces would wipe out the “whole civilisation” and demanded that Iran open up the Strait of Hormuz, the transit route for one-fifth of the global oil supplies, for navigation.
“A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social, remarks that drew condemnation from across the world.
