Trump: ‘Iran, Israel have been fighting so long they don’t know what the f**k they’re doing’

A visibly furious US President Donald Trump blasts Israel for its strikes after he announced a ceasefire would be starting in the coming hours, and for now preparing airstrikes in response to an Iranian missile fired after the truce went into effect.

Before stepping on to his helicopter to head from the White House to the NATO summit in The Netherlands, Trump tells reporters, “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.”

He says he believes Iran is still dedicated to peace: “I do. They violated, but Israel violated it too.”

“Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen before,” says Trump.

President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing." pic.twitter.com/xrztmebALZ

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“I’m not happy with Israel,” he continues. “You know, when I say you have 12 hours, you don’t just go in the first hours and say you’re going to drop everything you have on them.”

“So I’m not happy with them. I’m not happy with Iran either. But I’m really unhappy if Israel’s going out there this morning, because of one rocket that didn’t land, that was shot, perhaps by mistake, that didn’t land. I’m not happy about that.”

It is not clear what Trump is referring to in saying Israel violated the ceasefire, though he seems to be referring to the aforementioned intense overnight strikes, and not alleging that it fired after 7 a.m., the ostensible start time of the truce.