Trump accuses Iran of ‘playing games’ with US for decades, says ‘they will be laughing no longer’

US President Donald Trump issued a sharp warning to Iran on Sunday (May 10), declaring that Tehran would no longer be able to exploit the United States amid escalating tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme and regional security.

“They will be laughing no longer!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump accused Iran of deceiving the United States for decades and claimed Tehran had repeatedly delayed negotiations while benefiting from past US policies.

“Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!),” Trump wrote.

“He was not only good to them, he was great, actually going to their side, jettisoning Israel, and all other Allies, and giving Iran a major and very powerful new lease on life,” Trump said.

The President again criticised the Obama administration’s 2016 financial settlement with Iran, referring to the transfer of $1.7 billion in cash tied to a long-running legal dispute.

“Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and 1.7 Billion Dollars in green cash, flown into Tehran, was handed to them on a silver platter,” Trump claimed.

Trump further alleged that Iranian officials were stunned by the scale of the cash transfer.

“It was taken off the plane in suitcases and satchels, and the Iranians couldn’t believe their luck,” he wrote.

“For 47 years the Iranians have been ‘tapping’ us along, keeping us waiting, killing our people with their roadside bombs, destroying protests,” Trump said.

He also alleged that Iran had killed “42,000 innocent, unarmed protestors,” though he did not provide evidence for the claim.

The Trump administration has continued pressing Iran over its stockpile of enriched uranium while warning that military escalation remains possible if diplomatic efforts collapse.