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    "Donald Trump considering pulling out of Nato as he blasts UK for 'not even having a navy'",
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    "Donald Trump building 'massive' drone-proof military bunker beneath White House",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nPresident Donald Trump has vowed to blast Iran \"back to the Stone Ages\" until the Strait of Hormuz opens.\n\nOn Truth Social, Mr Trump wrote that the Islamic Regime's \"much less radicalised and far more intelligent than his predecessors\" President requested a ceasefire with the United States.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPresident Trump wrote on Wednesday afternoon: \"Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalised and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!\n\n\"We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhilst Mr Trump referred to the Iranian President as \"new\", Masoud Pezeshkian was elected into the role in 2024.\n\nThis comes after the Iranian President said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic has the \"necessary will\" to bring the ongoing conflict to a close.\n\nHowever, he caveated this by saying he required guarantees that such an attack would not happen again.\n\nThe US and Iran are currently taking part in talks, after President Trump halted combat in the Middle East to allow diplomacy to take effect.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOn February 26, the US President announced he was extending the talks deadline for a second time, with the new date now set for April 6.\n\nAgain on Truth Social, Mr Trump wrote: “As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time._****_\n\n“Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well.”\n\nOn Tuesday, in a phone conversation to the president of the European Council, António Costa, President Pezeshkian said: \"We possess the necessary will to end this conflict, provided that essential conditions are met, especially the guarantees required to prevent repetition of the aggression.\"\n\n_**MORE TO FOLLOW...**_\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Donald Trump considering pulling out of Nato as he blasts UK for 'not even having a navy'\n  * Royal Navy is NOT ready for war, First Sea Lord admits - while US mocks British forces\n  * Donald Trump building 'massive' drone-proof military bunker beneath White House\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Iranian President's came on the same day US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth described the coming days of the Iran conflict as \"decisive,\" while declining to rule out the deployment of American ground forces.\n\nMr Hegseth said Iran had little ability to respond militarily to what lay ahead, and suggested that diplomatic efforts to end the war were gaining momentum despite the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign now entering its second month.\n\nHe said: \"They are very real. They are ongoing, they are active, and I think, gaining strength.\"\n\nBut when pressed on the possibility of ground troops, a prospect that has unsettled parts of Donald Trump's political base, the Pentagon chief refused to be drawn, saying: \"You can't fight and win a war if you tell your adversary what you are willing to do, or what you are not willing to do, to include boots on the ground.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe US President is full of revelations today, as this comes after him sharing he was giving serious consideration to withdrawing the US from Nato, calling the military alliance a \"paper tiger\".\n\nThe remarks represent the strongest signal yet that Washington views its relationship with European allies in defence matters as fundamentally broken.\n\nHis comments follow the refusal of Nato members to deploy naval vessels to the Strait of Hormuz in support of the US-led military campaign against Iran - a snub that appears to have pushed the President's patience to a breaking point.\n\nWhen asked whether he might reconsider America's continued membership of the alliance once the conflict is over, Mr Trump left little room for ambiguity, saying: \"Oh yes, I would say it's beyond reconsideration.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe tensions are unfolding against the backdrop of Iran's ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which around a fifth of the world's oil supplies ordinarily flow.\n\nThe closure, now stretching into its fourth week, has sent energy prices surging globally and stoked fears of a worldwide recession.\n\nMr Trump is due to address the American public at 2am BST on Thursday with an update on the conflict, having indicated earlier this week that he believed the war could be over within two to three weeks, with preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons cited as the sole objective.\n\nThe President is also said to be weighing up the withdrawal of American troops from Germany.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Donald Trump vows to blast Iran 'back to the Stone Ages' until Strait of Hormuz reopens"
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