The key facts

  • Trump assessed the summer ceasefire with Iran as “a waste of time”
  • He said the United States had no other option but a military operation
  • According to Trump, several vessels were allowed through the Strait of Hormuz, but this did not produce the expected result

Assessment of the ceasefire

Donald Trump said he is not satisfied with the military ceasefire with Iran reached in the summer. Speaking before Republican Party supporters in the state of Mississippi, he called the agreement a failure: “We made a small ceasefire, I wasn’t particularly happy with it. In my opinion, it was a waste of time,” — Zamon.uz quotes his words.

Comments on the military operation and the strait

Commenting on the decision to launch a military operation against Iran, the American leader stressed that the United States had no other way out. According to him, the conflict should have been resolved much earlier, and the hostilities will soon end. Trump also noted that several vessels were allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; in his view, this approach did not produce the expected result.