President Trump said the ceasefire and memorandum of understanding with Iran are over
By Bernard Moerdler,
President Trump said the ceasefire and memorandum of understanding with Iran are over, in remarks to reporters on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, hours after the United States and Iran exchanged strikes. Asked whether the deal had collapsed after the latest attacks, Trump said, "I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore."
Trump accused Iran of negotiating in bad faith, saying its leaders agreed to terms privately and then denied them publicly. "They're liars," he said, and called the Iranians "scum." He said that if Iran obtained a nuclear weapon, "they'd use it," and that "as far as I'm concerned, it's over." Trump said U.S. negotiators could keep talking to their Iranian counterparts but that he expected it to go nowhere. "They can talk, but I think they're wasting their time," he said.
The remarks came hours after the U.S. military struck Iranian targets in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, and after Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait.
Topics: Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Missile Defense & Alerts
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