Trump: What the f*ck?
President Donald Trump chastised Israel and Iran on Tuesday for allegedly violating ceasefire terms reached hours earlier.
Speaking to reporters on the White House’s South Lawn, Trump claimed that “[Iran] violated [the ceasefire], but Israel also violated it.” “I’m not satisfied with Israel.”
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,” according to the president.
The Iran-Israel ceasefire began Tuesday morning after 12 tense days that raised fears of a wider regional conflict. However, Israel quickly accused Iran of breaking the truce by firing a missile into its airspace.
Ceasefire Agreement
Iran’s state media denied the accusation and insisted it followed the ceasefire agreement. In response, Iran blamed Israel for launching three separate waves of attacks during the truce.
Meanwhile, Israeli officials claimed their latest strikes targeted an Iranian radar installation. They added that Israel scaled back its response after a direct appeal from the White House.
“Following President Trump’s conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel refrained from additional attacks,” Netanyahu’s spokeswoman said.
Trump stated on Tuesday that, despite the exchange of salvos, the ceasefire remains in effect.
“Israel is not going to attack Iran,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “All planes will turn around and head home while doing a friendly ‘plane wave’ towards Iran.”
Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar
Following Tehran’s limited retaliatory missile strike on the United States’ Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, President Trump announced the terms of the ceasefire on Monday.
Iran reportedly warned the US about the strike, which followed the US bombing of the regime’s nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan as part of Operation Midnight Hammer. According to reports, there were no casualties from the Iranian strikes.
President Trump used Truth Social to denounce Iran’s attack on Al-Udeid as a “fragile response” and asserted that “they’ve exhausted all options.”
Al-Udeid is home to the Air Force’s Combined Air Operations Centre and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing.
Trump made the comments Tuesday morning as he prepared to board Marine One for the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 24-25.
