American President Donald Trump addresses the press before boarding Marine One from the south lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2025, to attend the NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague. (Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP)
Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that the cease-fire he announced on Monday between Iran and Israel is now "in effect," after accusing both countries, particularly his ally Israel, of violating it. "ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All the planes will turn around and return ... No one is going to be hurt, the cease-fire is now in effect!" wrote the American president on his Truth Social network.
A few minutes earlier, he had expressed his annoyance towards his Israeli ally. "Israel, as soon as we found an agreement, they went out and dropped lots of bombs, I've never seen so many, I'm not happy with Israel," he said in front of television cameras, visibly irritated. "So I'm not happy with them. I'm not happy with Iran, but I'm really not happy with Israel."
"Israel. Do not drop those bombs. If you do, it's a major violation" of the cease-fire, he had also written a few minutes earlier on Truth Social. "I don't like the fact that Israel went out [to bomb] this morning, and I'm going to see if I can stop that. As soon as I get away from you, I'm going to see if I can stop that," he told the press on the White House lawn before heading towards his helicopter. "There are two countries that have fought for so long, so hard, and they don't know what they're doing, you understand that," he added, annoyed. It was a few minutes later that he mentioned a cease-fire "in effect" on Truth Social.
Trump was then expected to head to the Netherlands for a NATO summit in The Hague. During the night, he announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a "complete and total" cease-fire that was expected to lead to the "official end" of the conflict that began on June 13.
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