Reversal: Trump Declares Ceasefire With Iran 'over'
In Ankara at a NATO summit, President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran “over.” He called Iran’s leaders “scum” and “cuckoo,” said the U.S. had “hit them very hard last night,” and added it would “probably hit them hard again tonight.”
He said the U.S. had not struck at the “highest level” and threatened electric and desalination plants, and he floated bringing back a naval blockade. He also said negotiators could keep talking even as he called talks a “waste of time.”
Within hours, U.S. forces hit about 90 targets in Iran tied to threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran answered with drones and missiles at U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
The U.S. revoked its temporary suspension of sanctions on Iranian oil sales. Oil prices jumped after his remarks.
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