READ HERE: Despite last night’s big news of a Trump-declared ceasefire, the reality is it was little more than an effort at a pause, and it’s increasingly looking like neither side actually signed onto. Or at least each side issued ‘confirmation’ with a lot of conditions, and there wasn’t even firm agreement on the start time.
As the US- and Qatar-brokered ceasefire deadline closed in, Israel and Iran kept exchanging lethal blows overnight, with Israel hitting various targets in Iran, killing nine people in northern Iran and reportedly assassinating yet another nuclear scientist, while Iran killed at least four Israelis in a devastating hit on an apartment tower. At eight minutes after midnight in Washington, President Trump used his Truth Social account to announce the ceasefire was in effect, and to urge continued compliance.
But as of Tuesday morning, Trump’s message is one of extreme frustration. His fiery statement to the press just moments before boarding Marine One included the declaration, “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*ck they’re doing. You understand that.” Watch the comments below:
Trump says Israel and Iran ‘don’t know what the fuck they’re doing’ pic.twitter.com/FWoVCqdLL9
— Danny Kemp (@dannyctkemp) June 24, 2025
The warring sides have not heeded Trump’s call to immediately halt, and at the very moment the US president has been issuing desperate messages and warnings, explosions are still being observed in Israel and Iran.