Trump says Iran took “too long” to negotiate a deal and will now “pay the price”

Iran has taken “too long” to negotiate a deal with the U.S. and will now have to “pay the price,” President Trump said in a social media post Wednesday morning.

Mr. Trump’s statement came after the fragile U..S. ceasefire with Iran was ruptured by an exchange of fire on Tuesday following the downing of an U.S. Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening.

After retaliatory U.S. strikes for the attack on the U.S. helicopter, President Trump told ABC News: “I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful.”

“Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!! They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!” the president said in his Truth Social post on Wednesday.