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Same words. Same situation. Twice now — nearly a year apart — President Donald Trump has said the exact same thing: ‘We are ready to negotiate with Iran.’
But in both cases, that offer came right before — or right alongside — military threats and explosions. And that’s what we’re unpacking today: How a promise of talks became part of a nuclear ultimatum.
Let’s start with June 2025. Hours before the United States, alongside Israel, launched devastating strikes on Iran’s nuclear program — hitting facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — Trump publicly said the U.S. was ‘ready to negotiate with Iran.’ At the time, the offer sounded like a last‑ditch olive branch — but it came right before bombs fell.
Today — January 28, 2026 — Trump used almost the same language again. Once more, he said the U.S. was ‘ready to negotiate with Iran’ on a deal that would prevent Tehran from building nuclear weapons. But this time, it came wrapped in a blunt ultimatum: agree to a deal — or face a U.S. attack ‘far worse’ than last year’s strikes.

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00:00.
00:15Same words, same situation, twice now, nearly a year apart.
00:20President Donald Trump has said the exact same thing.
00:23We are ready to negotiate with...
00:25But in both cases, that offer came right before or right alongside...
00:30...military threats and explosions.
00:32And that's what we're unpacking today.
00:34How a promise of talks became part of a nuclear ultimatum.
00:38Let's start with...
00:39With June 2025, hours before the United States, alongside Israel...
00:44...launched devastating strikes on Iran's nuclear program, hitting facilities at Fordow...
00:49...Natanz and Isfahan.
00:52Trump publicly said the U.S. was ready to negotiate...
00:54...with Iran.
00:55At the time, the offer sounded like a last-ditch olive branch...
00:59...but it came right before bombs fell.
01:02Today, January 28th, 2020...
01:04In 1996, Trump used almost the same language again.
01:08Once more, he said the U.S. was...
01:09...ready to negotiate with Iran on a deal that would prevent Tehran from building nuclear...
01:14...weapons, but this time it came wrapped in a blunt ultimatum.
01:18Agree to...
01:19...to do a deal or face a U.S. attack far worse than last year's strikes.
01:24His message...
01:24...was loud and clear...
01:25...come to the table or we'll act militarily.
01:28He...
01:29...referenced the 2025 strikes and deployed a powerful U.S. naval armada...
01:34...including the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln toward Iran...
01:37...painting a picture of massive force...
01:39...ready to act.
01:40Still, he kept that line about negotiations front and center...
01:44...but Iran's response was also familiar and just as starkly different...
01:49...from Trump's rhetoric.
01:50Tehran says it has not requested negotiations with Washington...
01:54...and argues talks under threat of force are pointless.
01:57Iran's foreign minister...
01:59...made it clear...
02:00...no negotiations while the U.S. issues ultimatums and makes...
02:04...excessive demands.
02:05On one hand, Trump says we're ready to talk...
02:08...exactly like...
02:09...before June 2025...
02:11...but on the other hand, that readiness to talk comes...
02:14...only if Iran agrees to conditions that Tehran rejects as coercive.
02:18So...
02:19...and today's quote, just like the one in June, is double-edged.
02:22Diplomacy on the surface...
02:24...the threat underneath.
02:26Let's be real...
02:27...this isn't ordinary diplomacy.
02:29Experts call this maximum pressure diplomacy.
02:32Mix credible military threat...
02:34...with an offer to talk...
02:35...creating a high-stakes choice for Tehran.
02:38And the risk...
02:39...are massive.
02:40Iran says it's open to talks...
02:42...rooted in respect and fairness...
02:44...but not under threat.
02:46Oil markets are jittery.
02:47Israel is on alert.
02:49And for ordinary people across the Middle East...
02:51...the fear of war is very real.
02:54So what does this all mean?
02:56It means Trump's words haven't changed.
02:58We're ready to negotiate.
02:59But the context has changed dramatically.
03:02From a last-minute diplomatic...
03:04...olive branch...
03:05...to a high-stakes ultimatum.
03:07And that's why this moment...
03:09...matters.
03:10Because when the same phrase is used...
03:12...first before attack...
03:13...and again before...
03:14...the threat...
03:15...you have to ask...
03:16...is the offer of negotiation real...
03:18...or just part of the...
03:19...the pressure strategy.
03:24...the pressure strategy.
03:25...and again before...
03:26...the pressure strategy.
03:27...and again before...
03:28...the pressure strategy.
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