Photo: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the the White House, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon said that meetings are being held to end the escalatory exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel, saying that the two enemies will “soon” have peace.
“Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
Trump also noted other lesser known conflicts he has worked on resolving, including one between Egypt and Ethiopia and another between Serbia and Kosovo.
“There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way! Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!” Trump wrote, adding that there are “many calls and meetings now taking place.”
Earlier on Sunday, Trump stated that the United States “had nothing to do with the attack on Iran” by Israel on Saturday, but warned the Islamic regime that if it carries out attacks on U.S. assets, “the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before.”
Israel targeted Iran’s Defense Ministry headquarters in Tehran and sites it alleged were associated with Iran’s nuclear program, while Iranian missiles slipped past Israeli air defenses and slammed into buildings deep inside Israel.
In Israel, at least 10 people were killed in Iranian strikes overnight and into Sunday, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service, bringing the country’s total death toll to 13. The country’s main international airport and airspace remained closed for a third day.
In Iran, Israeli strikes have killed at least 406 people and wounded another 654, according to Washington-based human rights activists. Iran’s government has not offered overall casualty figures.
Some Republicans have praised Trump for not getting the United States involved, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in an interview Sunday with NBC News.
“One of the things I like about President Trump is he has shown restraint,” Paul said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“There’ll be a lot of pressure from Lindsey Graham and others to get involved in this war,” he said, referring to the Republican senator from South Carolina. “And I hope that his instincts will prevail.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wrote in a post on X on June 12 that “the American people aren’t interested in foreign wars” and that “they’re actually thrilled you’re sending in the National Guard” to quell the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.
In a post on X, Graham wrote that if Iran refuses an offer to negotiate over its nuclear program, “I strongly believe it is in America’s national security interest to go all-in to help Israel finish the job” because “one of the benefits of this approach is that it would substantially undo the damage done to our reputation” after the what was widely seen as a botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
“If diplomacy fails, going all-in for Israel shows that America is back as a reliable ally and a strong force against oppression. It would strengthen our hand in all corners of the world, as well as all other conflicts we face,” said the Republican senator.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
