President Trump and the NATO Secretary General spoke today about the Israel-Iran ceasefire at the NATO 2025 summit.
President Trump and the NATO Secretary General spoke today about the Israel-Iran ceasefire at the NATO 2025 summit.
“I was ‘proud’ of Israel because they pulled their planes back,” he said, commenting on the exchange of hostilities a few hours after the beginning of the ceasefire.
Israel claimed not to have aborted the attack completely, but rather – at Trump’s request – limited it to a single Iranian installation.
Trump also claimed to be optimistic about the future of the deal: “I think we’ll have somewhat of a relationship with Iran.”
Trump commented on reports that Operation Midnight Hammer had not destroyed Iran’s stock of enriched uranium. “They didn’t have a chance to get anything out, because we acted fast. If it would have taken two weeks, maybe. But it’s very hard to remove that kind of material, very hard and very dangerous for them to remove it. Plus they knew we were coming, and if they know we’re coming, they’re not going to be down there.”
Regardless of the outcome of the deal, though, he was confident that Iran’s nuclear program has ended. “Israel has guys who go in there after the hit, and they say it was total obliteration. The last thing Iran wants to do is enrich anything.”
Trump also stated that Operation Midnight Hammer would help with the war in Gaza: “I think great progress is being made on Gaza. Because of the attack that we made, I think we’re going to have some very good news. I think that it helped a little bit, it showed a lot of power,” he added. “Separately, even before this, we were very close to making a deal on Gaza.”
At the same event, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commented on a leaked report that the attack had not destroyed the facility. “This is a preliminary, low-confidence report, and will continue to be refined as additional intelligence becomes available. We are working with the appropriate authorities to investigate the unauthorized disclosure of classified information. They landed precisely where they were supposed to. It was a flawless mission. It was devastation underneath Fordow.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio added: “These leakers are professional stabbers. There’s no way Iran comes to the table if somehow nothing had happened. This was a complete and total obliteration. They are way behind today compared to where they were just 7 days ago.”
