Live Updates: Trump Lashes Out at Israel and Iran as Fragile Truce Is Tested

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Live Updates: Trump Lashes Out at Israel and Iran as Fragile Truce Is Tested

Mr. Trump suggested that both Israel and Iran had continued fighting despite a cease-fire that both had agreed to hours earlier. He warned Israel that further attacks would be a “major violation.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/world/ceasefire-iran-israel-trump

Patrick KingsleyIsabel KershnerAaron Boxerman and Michael D. Shear

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In expletive-laced remarks to reporters, Mr. Trump accused both sides of launching attacks, pledging to “see if I can stop it.” In a Truth Social post, the president warned Israel not to “drop those bombs” and demanded the country “bring your pilots home now.”

It was unclear whether either side had breached the cease-fire. Israel’s military accused Tehran of firing missiles after the deal went into effect on Tuesday and vowed to retaliate. Iran’s military denied doing so, according to Iranian state news outlets.

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Mr. Trump spoke to reporters before departing for a NATO summit in the Netherlands. His announcement of a cease-fire on Monday evening had caught some of his own officials by surprise.

In the last moment before the cease-fire was meant to take effect, both sides continued to trade fire. The Israeli military said it had struck missile launchers in western Iran that were poised to fire at Israel. Iran launched at least four barrages of ballistic missiles at Israel, setting off sirens that sent millions of Israelis rushing in and out of shelters. At least four people were killed when a missile hit an apartment building in the southern city of Beersheba.

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Israel released a statement saying it had agreed to a mutual cease-fire, having achieved its goals, “and in full coordination with President Trump.” Iran also posed the truce as a sign its military had prevailed.

Three nations play liars poker with nukes and our lives.

[Lovie777]

1. shithole is an embarrassment..............

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2. And his condition has infected Israel and Iran with, "say anything and do something else." ...

...We've all known the nations have always dissembled and withheld information or spun it, but now it's out and out bald lies

[kacekwl]

3. What fucking truce,

the one he made up in his delusional mind ?

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4. Putin and Xi are totally laughing at him.

There really has never been such buffoon on the global stage. A berserk jester who can't help but screw things up at his own expense. Geopolitical comedy gold.

[phylny]

5. Sure, fragile truce

in his mind only.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Maddow Blog-Trump drops f-bomb as Israel and Iran face accusations of ceasefire violations

The president is getting a timely lesson in “Middle East crises are complicated,” which seems like the sort of thing he should’ve already known.

Trump, last night: Israel/Iran ceasefire will likely “go forever”
Trump, this morning: Israel/Iran “don’t know what the f--- they’re doing”

He’s getting a timely “the Middle East is complicated” lesson, which seems like the sort of the thing he should’ve already known. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-24T12:49:55.436Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-drops-f-bomb-israel-iran-face-accusations-ceasefire-violations-rcna214698

Soon after, Trump spoke briefly to reporters at the White House, where his frustrations appeared to boil over. NBC News reported:

Trump said that both Iran and Israel violated the ceasefire he announced yesterday. ‘I think they both violated it,’ he said. ‘I’m not sure they did it intentionally. They couldn’t reign people back. I don’t like the fact that Israel went out this morning at all, and I’m going to see if I can stop it.’

The Republican added, “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. Do you understand that?”

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh/post/3lsdyzwk6p225

Link to tweet

As part of the same Q&A, Trump accused both countries of behaving in a “ridiculous” way.

So to summarize, roughly half a day after the American president said the Israel/Iran ceasefire would likely “go forever,” and there was no reason to believe Israel and Iran “will ever be shooting at each other again,” Trump was reduced to dropping an f-bomb on the White House South Lawn as his frustrations boiled over.

The point is not to chide the president for having a potty mouth. Rather, the point is that he really ought to understand by now that premature triumphalism is folly, and assuming the complexities of Middle East conflicts can be resolved through the force of his will is absurd.

Or put another way, Trump is getting a timely lesson in “Middle East crises are complicated,” which seems like the sort of thing he should’ve already known.