U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the ceasefire between Iran and Israel is currently holding, though he harshly criticised both nations for breaching the truce.
While en route to a NATO summit in The Hague, the 79-year-old Republican shared a flurry of updates on his Truth Social platform, declaring, “The ceasefire is in effect!”
He added, “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran. Nobody will be hurt.”
His remarks followed an earlier outburst in which he condemned Iran—and notably, U.S. ally Israel—for violating the ceasefire first announced late Monday.
“They’ve been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing, do you understand that?” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding for the summit.
He stated that Iran had broken the truce, “but Israel violated it too,” expressing frustration with both. “I’ve got to get Israel to calm down,” he added. “As soon as we made the deal, they came out and dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen before.”
Trump’s unusually blunt criticism of Israel came with real-time appeals for restraint. In a dramatic post earlier that morning, he wrote: “ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!”
The ceasefire, if maintained, could mark a significant diplomatic win for Trump following the controversial U.S. airstrikes on three suspected Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend—strikes carried out alongside Israeli operations that began on June 13.
According to Trump, the truce was to roll out in phases starting at 0400 GMT Tuesday, with Iran halting operations first, and Israel following 12 hours later.
He defended the U.S. strikes, saying, “I think it’s been completely demolished,” and blasted media outlets for casting doubt on the success of the mission. “Iran will never rebuild their nuclear facilities!” he declared in a follow-up post.
