Trump declares Iran ceasefire ‘over’ after renewed US-Iran strikes

“They’re liars. I don’t want to deal with them anymore. They’re scum,” Trump said.

By World Israel News Staff

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he considers the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to be over after the United States and Iran exchanged military strikes across the Middle East, dismissing the agreement as “a waste of time.”

Speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump said he no longer believes diplomacy with Tehran is worthwhile.

“For me, I think it’s over,” Trump told reporters. “As far as I’m concerned it’s just a waste of time.”

“I’ll let our wonderful negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don’t see it,” he added. “I don’t like these people.”

Trump then intensified his criticism of Iran’s leadership.

“They’re liars. I don’t want to deal with them anymore. They’re scum,” he said. “They are vicious, violent people, and if they had a nuclear weapon they would use it.”

Comparing Iran to a deadly disease, Trump added, “We have to rid their cancer,; they’re cancer. And you know what you do? You’ve got to cut out cancer early. And that’s the way I feel.”

The remarks came a day after the United States launched a major military operation against Iran in response to Tehran’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets, including air defense systems, radar sites, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels used to threaten international shipping.

“The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM said Tuesday. “Iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire.”

Iranian state media reported explosions in multiple locations across the country, while the Revolutionary Guard acknowledged launching retaliatory strikes against U.S. military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte defended Washington’s military response, saying the strikes were justified given what he described as Iran’s repeated violations of the ceasefire.

“I think it was absolutely necessary,” Rutte said. “When you have a ceasefire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally crucial that the U.S. forcefully react.”

The latest escalation follows a temporary U.S.-Iran understanding reached last week that paused hostilities and allowed commercial shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz while negotiations continued.

That agreement unraveled after Iran targeted multiple commercial vessels transiting the strategic waterway, prompting Washington to reinstate sanctions on Iranian oil before launching the military operation.