During an Oval Office event about maternal health on Monday, President Donald Trump continued to rail against the Iranian proposal response that he received Sunday, calling it “unacceptable” and “a piece of garbage” that he didn’t even finish reading, adding that the current ceasefire with Iran is “unbelievably weak.”
Trump said he has the “best plan ever” which requires that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon-- something he said Iran’s latest proposal did not explicitly agree to.
“It was just unacceptable. You know, a lot of people said, ‘Well, does he have a plan?’ Yeah, of course I do have a plan. I have the best plan ever,” Trump said.
He later added, “But the plan is, they cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they didn't say that in their letter.”
The president also declared the ceasefire is now at its “weakest” point because of the unsatisfactory response.
“It's unbelievably weak, I would say. I would call it the weakest right now. After reading that piece of garbage they sent us. I didn't even finish reading it," he said.
But Trump continued to insist that he is facing “no pressure” to secure a deal or end the war, pushing back on claims that he would “get tired” of the operation.
“Are they stupid people? They didn't want to believe it. They think that, well, I'll get tired of this, or I'll get bored or I'll have some pressure, but there's no pressure. There's no pressure at all. We're going to have a complete victory,” Trump said.
Trump pointed to disagreement over the removal of enriched uranium from Iran as one of the biggest issues with Iran’s latest response.
“They changed their mind, because they didn’t put it in the paper,” Trump said of removing the uranium.
-ABC News’ Emily Chang
