Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Over
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran was over, calling Tehran “sick” after Washington launched strikes on the Islamic Republic and Iran said it targeted US bases in the Gulf. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” Trump said at a NATO summit in Ankara when asked if the truce with Iran was now finished. “It’s just a waste of time dealing with them.”
Trump Criticizes NATO Over Iran and Greenland
Trump said he was very upset with NATO as he met with the military alliance’s chief Mark Rutte at the opening of a key summit in Ankara. “I’m very upset with NATO,” he told reporters. “I’m not happy with NATO because of what they did with Greenland, and I’m not happy with NATO because of the fact that they didn’t want to help us with the number one state sponsor of terror, that’s Iran. They were unwilling to help us.”
EU Warns Strikes Complicate Talks
EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Wednesday the exchanges of fire between the United States and Iran “further complicate already fraught talks to end the war.” “Iran’s attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait are unacceptable,” she said on X, adding EU foreign ministers would discuss with their Gulf counterparts Monday how to “preserve freedom of navigation” in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea.
