India, April 10 -- US President Donald Trump has turned to an ultra-aggressive stance just a day ahead of talks with Iran set to be held in Pakistan, and barely two hours after Vice President JD Vance took off for Islamabad to sit down with Tehran's representatives.

"The Iranians don't seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways," Trump wrote on the platform Truth Social on Friday.

"The only reason they are alive today is to negotiate!" he added.

This came after he also said that US warships are being reloaded with weaponry to strike Iran if the talks fail. "We have a reset going. We're loading up the ships with the best ammunition, the best weapons ever made - eve...