Trump says Israel won’t face consequences for violating Iran ceasefire because it ‘didn’t do anything’

US President Donald Trump said earlier today that there would not be any consequences for Israel because it “didn’t do anything” against Iran after the ceasefire came into place this morning.

Speaking to reporters while en route to the Netherlands on Air Force One, Trump said Israel would have struck Iran had he not issued a statement on Truth Social warning against it.

Israel did end up hitting an Iranian radar target, but reportedly held back a much more expansive strike after a call Trump held with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump says he’s confident that there won’t be additional violations because “they’re both tired of it. I don’t think they want it to happen again.”

He insists that Iran won’t be able to have a nuclear weapon, but dodges two questions about whether he secured a commitment from Tehran that it won’t try to enrich uranium again.

“They’re not going to have enrichment, and they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon. They’re going to get on to being the great trading nation. They have a lot of oil,” he says.

Asked whether he’s concerned about Iranian sleeper cells in the US, Trump says that he is because former US president Joe Biden led them in. He doesn’t provide proof.

“But hopefully, we’ll take care of them,” he adds.