As reported today on Zero hedge and almost exactly as expected earlier. Trump is utterly agreement incapable. Whatever happens to Iran, it is certain that both Russia and China will now take this fact into their strategic calculations and international tensions will rise significantly. Europe right in the middle of its "NATO" meeting finds itself in an impossible conundrum. Stuck with Ukraine and now quasi obliged to follow Trump on Iran. No choice left! Which is more or less exactly the extraordinary price the continent will have to pay for its high energy dependence.
Trump Says US-Iran Ceasefire Is Over, Will 'Give A Little Warning: Going To Hit Them Hard Tonight'
Update(0930ET): After earlier saying from the NATO summit in Ankara that the Iran ceasefire is "over" - and amid fears of renewal of full-scale war given that Tehran has launched drone and missile attacks on nearby American allies Kuwait and Bahrain once again, President Trump said on Wednesday that he would "probably hit Iran tonight".
He issued the major threat and warning during a press conference at the NATO summit: "I'll give a little warning: We're going to hit them hard tonight," he told reporters just before his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He later lambasted Iran for "killing soldiers, killing people for 47 years," and that because of that, the US has "a score to settle."
"We may just do it without a deal," he also added. He also sought to once again explain his view that it's not about regime change, but about the nuclear issue.
Geopolitical news source DropSite is pushing back against some of Trump's newest claims, particularly that Iranians security services gunned down "54,000 protesters" during the January economic protests, commenting:
Trump today claimed Iran’s revolutionary regime killed 54,000 protesters at the start of the year, inflating the 40,000 figure he repeated through much of the US-Israeli war to justify and build support for U.S. action. There is no evidence for either figure.
HRANA, which has received U.S. funding, documented about 7,000 deaths, including many Iranian security and police. Iran puts the death toll just above 3,100 and says rioters killed civilians during protests that were overtaken by Israel- and U.S.-backed armed elements. Scores of videos from the January 2026 riots show armed men destroying mosques and government buildings and carrying out vigilante killings of security personnel.
Meanwhile, it's not a war, Trump has repeated... but what's next and what is the ultimate endgame here? Is there a coherent strategy yet?
Trump also on Wednesday, while speaking alongside Zelensky and fielding questions, floated that "if we have to we will take out higher level targets" - and that "we may take over Kharg Island". He again admitted the Iran deal may not stick, after the US "knocked out 28 boats last night". He further warned that US forces will probably take out more boats tonight.
- TRUMP, ON ATTACKS TONIGHT: NOT A THING IRAN CAN DO ABOUT IT
- TRUMP:WOULD HATE TO STRIKE DESALINATION PLANTS, BUT MAY HAVE TO
- TRUMP: WE MAY PUT DOWN THE BLOCKADE ON IRAN
- TRUMP: BLOCKADE WOULD ONLY APPLY TO IRAN
Trump on Iran War:
— Clash Report (@clashreport) July 8, 2026
This is not a war. It's the denuclearization of Iran. pic.twitter.com/k51XHDATXF
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Brent crude futures jumped more than 6% in London after President Trump told reporters at a press conference in Ankara that the tentative ceasefire with Iran is over.
"To me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore; they're scum," Trump told reporters.
Trump says the ceasefire between U.S. and Iran is over.
"To me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore; they're scum", the U.S. president says
Hours before the strikes, the US Treasury revoked a sanctions waiver that had allowed Tehran to sell oil, reversing a key element of the interim deal.
Trump also told reporters that he would continue to let his negotiators talk to Tehran, though he thought "they're wasting their time."
On Tuesday afternoon, the Joint Maritime Information Center upgraded the Hormuz risk rating to "Severe" after three tankers were targeted by Iran. This renewed uncertainty in the critical waterway will only pressure the normalization of vessel flows.
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