Trump Riding High: Donald Trump is scheduled to land in Europe today for the NATO Summit, hours after announcing on Truth Social a planned ceasefire between Israel and Iran. “He’s just happy he was able to get it done,” an administration official told NOTUS. “He feels like this is the most logical conclusion.”
The White House’s timeline: Things moved so quickly Monday that Trump’s 6:02 p.m. ceasefire post caught some White House aides by surprise. Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu after Iran’s retaliatory strikes at a U.S. base in Qatar. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff went to the Iranians through direct and indirect channels. The Qataris acted as intermediaries, the Trump official said.
Lost in truth translation? The Iranians responded to Trump’s Truth Social post seemingly saying that any formal and final ceasefire decisions would come later, but if Israel held its fire so would Iran.