Press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump, this week, participated in the NATO Summit in the Netherlands, where he was praised by allies for his decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised Trump as a "man of strength" and a "man of peace."
"I just want to recognize your decisive action on Iran," Rutte said at the start of his joint remarks with the president. "You are a man of strength, but you are also a man of peace. And the fact that you are now also successful in getting this ceasefire done between Israel and Iran – I really want to commend you for that. I think this is important for the whole world."
Rutte, on his social media, also congratulated the president for his "extraordinary" action in Iran, saying it was "something no one else dared to do."
"It makes us all safer," Rutte said.
Map of US strikes on Iran. (Fox News)
The ceasefire had gotten off to an uncertain start, with the president unleashing frustration with both countries.
"I'm not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, OK, now you have 12 hours, you don't go out in the first hour and just 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 is going out this morning," Trump said on Tuesday.
He continued, "We basically have two countries that have been fighting for so long and so hard that they don't know what the f--- they're doing."
"I’m gonna see if I can stop it," he added.
Israel accused Iran of violating a ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump, but Tehran denied Jerusalem's claims. (Reuters)
"ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!" Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after boarding Marine One.
Minutes later, he announced that Israel was canceling its plans for an attack on Tuesday morning.
"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! Thank you for your attention to this matter!" he wrote.
Israel did not attack.
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From the NATO summit, the president warned that the U.S. will strike Iran again if it attempts to rebuild its nuclear program.
And Trump’s historic strikes in Iran have the Islamic Republic admitting that their nuclear facilities were decimated.
Assessments from the U.S., Israel and Iran agree the strikes were successful.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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