That Trump used the F-bomb overshadows the fact that he turned Israeli bombers around before dropping more bombs on Iran and destroying any efforts for a ceasefire.
Trump drops ‘F-bomb’ over Israel and Iran
US President Donald Trump has resorted to obscene language in blasting both Israel and Iran for allegedly violating a Washington-brokered ceasefire.
Shortly after officially agreeing to the truce, West Jerusalem accused Tehran of firing more missiles at Israeli territory and promised a harsh response. Iran has denied attacking Israel. The exact time when the ceasefire was supposed to take effect remains unclear.
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they do not know what the f*** they are doing,” Trump told journalists on Tuesday before departing for the NATO summit in The Hague.
I hate that Trump resorted to vulgar, adolescent language, the likes of which I have not heard from the mouth of a President since Richard Nixon, and that is not good company to be in. But that he rescued the cease-fire by turning Israeli Air Force bombers around is the real story here.
The US president said that he was “not happy” with both countries, but especially with Israel, which he said had “unloaded” right after agreeing to the truce. “They did not have to unload,” he stressed.
“There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard after the time limit and now Israel is going out. These guys [have] got to calm down,” Trump insisted.
He reiterated that he was “not happy with Iran either,” claiming that Tehran will “will never rebuild its nuclear” capabilities after the US and Israeli strikes.
The US president addressed West Jerusalem in a separate post on his Truth Social platform, writing in all capital letters: “ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!”
In a later post, Trump claimed that “Israel is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘plane wave’ to Iran.”
“Nobody will be hurt, the ceasefire is in effect,” he wrote.
Shortly after that, Iranian news agencies reported that Israel carried out strikes in the western part of the country. ISNA said that there were explosions near the cities of Babol and Babolsar, while Mehr news agency claimed that the projectiles landed in an empty, unpopulated area.
Israeli officials told The Times of Israel that the IDF has carried out “a small strike” against an Iranian radar north of Tehran in response to an earlier attack by Iran.
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