Donald Trump has expressed fury at both Israel and Iran for apparently breaking a ceasefire he had earlier announced insisting:” They don’t know what the f**k they’re doing.”
In comments made to reporters outside the White House he added:”I’m gonna see if I can stop it. These guys had better calm down.
“I didn’t like that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. I’m not happy about that”
He also criticised Iranian strikes. “I’m really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning,” he added. ” I think they both violated.”
While he said both sides were to blame for violations of the ceasefire, Trump also took to his Truth Social platform to warn Israel not to “DROP THOSE BOMBS”.
“ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!” his social media post read.
Arriving in the Netherlands for a two-day NATO summit Keir Starmer also urged Israel and Iran to “get back” to a ceasefire.
“The sooner we get back to that [the ceasefire], the better.
“And that’s the message that I’m discussing with other leaders today.
“We need to get back to that ceasefire, which is consistent with what I’ve been saying about de-escalation for quite some time now.”
Keir Starmer also defended Trump’s actions in the Middle East as he called for Iran and Israel to “get back to” a fragile ceasefire brokered overnight.
The Prime Minister said the US had helped in “alleviating” the threat of nuclear capability for Tehran following American strikes on suspected enrichment facilities in the country.
Ministers have so far been at pains to stress Britain was not involved in the attacks, but Starmer on Tuesday gave his backing to Washington’s course of action as he prepared to meet the US president at a major summit of Nato allies.
Asked on his visit to The Hague whether he personally felt safe with Trump in the White House, the Prime Minister told Channel 5 News: “Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today.
“I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place.”
