At the NATO summit in Turkey, Trump said talks with Tehran are a waste of time as a preliminary accord appears on the verge of collapse, Reuters/CNN reported. He accused Iran of attacking commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and breaching a ceasefire; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had struck U.S. targets in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. strikes. Trump said he prefers direct action over diplomacy and called for removing what he described as a malign threat to U.S.

2026-07-08

At the NATO summit in Turkey, Trump said talks with Tehran are a waste of time as a preliminary accord appears on the verge of collapse, Reuters/CNN reported. He accused Iran of attacking commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and breaching a ceasefire; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had struck U.S. targets in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. strikes. Trump said he prefers direct action over diplomacy and called for removing what he described as a malign threat to U.S. interests.