ToplinePresident Donald Trump lashed out against Iran for taking too long to negotiate a peace deal with the U.S., insisting in a Wednesday morning post on Truth Social the country will now “pay the price,” just hours after the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes as the conflict in the Middle East threatens to heat up again.The president said the country was “all talk and no action,” hours after renewed military strikes from both sides.AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsIn a renewed threat on Wednesday morning, Trump said Iran was “all talk and no action,” and again insisted that much of its military had already been destroyed—a claim he has repeated multiple times since the war began on Feb. 28.The threat came hours after the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after the country allegedly shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, whose crew was soon rescued.Iran then retaliated by launching missiles and drones at U.S. targets in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait—strikes that each country’s military said were shot down by air defenses, the Associated Press reported.In a later post, Trump touted the U.S. military’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, proclaiming it the “the most successful Blockade in the history of Naval Warfare,” claiming it is turning Iran into a “FAILED NATION.”TangentBefore ending his second post, Trump signed off with the phrase “praise be to Allah”—repeating an odd remark he made in an infamous, explicit threat on Easter Sunday. In the same message, Trump demanded the Iranians “open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell”—referring to the same waterway the U.S. is now blockading.Crucial QuoteEsmaeil Baghaei, the spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry, said his country would “re-assess” their ability to proceed with diplomacy with the United States after the U.S. strikes, Reuters reported citing televised remarks. “Any diplomatic process requires a minimum stable environment,” Baghaei said.Key BackgroundThe U.S. and Iran have been working on negotiating a peace deal for about two months after a tense ceasefire was declared in April. The president has insisted Iran was close to signing a deal at multiple points over the last few weeks, and even argued that the conflict was “terminated” in May in order to sidestep obtaining Congressional authority to continue conducting the war.