President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning had strong words for Israel and Iran when he accused both nations of violating a high fire agreement announced the night before.
“Basically we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what they are doing. Do you understand that?” Trump told ABC News senior political correspondent, Rachel Scott, when asked if both nations were committed to peace.
Trump was clearly frustrated when he spoke with journalists before starting the White House for a NATO summit in The Netherlands.
“Israel says Iran violated the peace agreement and the agreement of Alto El Fuego. Do you think Iran is still committed to peace?” Scott asked the president.
“I do, yes. They raped him, but Israel also raped him,” Trump replied.
President Donald Trump talks to journalists before addressing Marine One at the White House South Lawn on June 24, 2025, in Washington.
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Scott then asked Trump if he was questioning Israel’s commitment to La Paz.
“Israel as soon as we made the deal, came out and dropped a burden of bombs as I had never seen before,” Trump said. “The biggest load we have seen, I am not happy with Israel. Ok, when I say that now you have 12 hours, do not leave in the first hour and simply leave everything you have about them. So I am not happy with him. I am not happy with Iran either.”
Neither Iran nor Israel have publicly commented on Trump’s comments on the apparent rapes of Alto El Fuego.
Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning, sources familiar with ABC News said.
A White House source provided a brief reading of the call: “President Trump was exceptionally firm and direct with Prime Minister Netanyahu about what should happen to keep the fire high. The prime minister understood the seriousness of the situation and the concerns that President Trump expressed.”
Trump said on social networks on Monday night that Israel and Iran had agreed to stop the fire, indicating a possible end of almost two weeks of growing aerial assaults by the two countries.
The agreement described by Trump involved two periods of high 12 -hour fire, starting at 12 in the morning EDT starting with Iran. That would come “when Israel and Iran have finished and completed their final missions in progress,” Trump said in the position.
Israel would continue with a second high fire of 12 hours, Trump said.
After 24 hours, the war would be officially finished, according to Trump.
