Washington DC, May 10 -- US President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his rhetoric against Iran, accusing it of deceiving the United States for "47 years" through a strategy of "delay, delay, delay."

In a post on Truth Social, Trump sharply criticised former President Barack Obama, alleging that the Obama administration strengthened Iran economically through sanctions relief and cash payments tied to the 2015 nuclear agreement. Declaring that Iran had once viewed America as "the greatest sucker of them all," Trump warned that Tehran would now be "laughing no longer."

"Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!), and then finally hit "pay dirt" when Barack Hussein Ob...