The ceasefire with Iran is on “massive life support,” President Donald Trump said on Monday after Tehran rejected the latest U.S. proposal.
Asked about the state of the month-old truce by reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump said that it was “unbelievably weak, I would say. I would call it the weakest right now.”
“I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living,’” he continued.
The Iranian rejection comes in response to last week’s 14-point plan to restore shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and set up a framework for dismantling the nuclear weapons program.
Instead of reacting to the U.S. proposal, Tehran made a counter-proposal. The president called it a “piece of garbage” that he “didn’t even finish reading.”
President Trump said that Iran had agreed to hand over its stockpile of weapons-grade uranium during the negotiations, but had reneged on the promise in its formal response. “They changed their mind because they didn’t put it in the paper,” he said.
On Sunday, Trump rejected Iran’s counteroffer as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”
“I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it,” he posted on Truth Social
President Trump assured that the Mullah regime won’t be allowed to acquire a nuclear arsenal. “I have a plan,” he said, “Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon.”
The White House is reportedly considering the resumption of military strikes following Iran’s response. “President Trump is meeting with his national security team Monday to discuss the way forward in the Iran war, including possibly resuming military action, after negotiations with the country deadlocked on Sunday, three U.S. officials said,” Axios reported.
“Vice President Vance, White House envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Rubio, Secretary of Defense Hegseth, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, CIA director John Ratcliffe and other senior officials are expected to participate in the Iran meeting on Monday, U.S. officials say,” the news website added.
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