By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM AT THE WHITE HOUSE
President Donald Trump went on a foul-mouthed tirade saying that both Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire deal that he announced Monday evening.
'We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f* they're doing,' Trump said before boarding Marine One en route to NATO early Tuesday morning.
Trump complained that ahead of when the ceasefire was to take hold, Israel launched a massive assault on Iran.
'Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I've never seen before, the biggest load that we've seen,' an incredulous said.
'I'm not happy with Israel,' he added. 'I'm not happy with Iran either. But I'm really unhappy if Israel's going out this morning because of one rocket that didn't land, that was shot, perhaps by mistake, that didn't land. I'm not happy about that.'
Around 6 p.m. Monday, after holing up with his national security advisers all day, Trump announced that a ceasefire deal had been made.
The president used his Truth Social network to blast out details about the deal.
'CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!' he wrote.
President Donald Trump went on a foul-mouthed tirade on the South Lawn early Tuesday morning saying that both Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire deal that he announced Monday evening
'It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!' he said. 'Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World.'
He pushed each side to stay 'PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL' amid the ceasefire.
'On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, "THE 12 DAY WAR,"' Trump added.
He returned to Truth when the ceasefire was to take hold.
'THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Tuesday that ahead of the ceasefire Israel 'launched a powerful strikes in the heart of Tehran, argeting regime sites and eliminating hundreds of Basij members and Iranian security forces.'
Iran then fired a barrage of missiles, killing four Israeli citizens.
Six minutes after the 7 a.m. ceasefire was to take hold, Iran shot a single missile.
At 10:25 a.m., two more Iranian missiles were shot at Israel.
'In response to Iran's violations, the Israeli Air Force destroyed a radar array near Tehran,' Netanyahu's statement said.
Trump called Netanyahu, with Israel backing down from launching any more strikes.
'In the call, President Trump expressed his great appreciation for Israel - which achieved all the objectives of the war. The president also expressed his confidence in the stability of the ceasefire,' Netanyahu said.
On the South Lawn, Trump pushed that Israel needed to chill out.
'Ive gotta get Israel to calm down now,' he said.
The president called Netanyahu from Air Force One and then came back to the press cabin en route to the Hague, Netherlands, where the NATO Summit it taking place Tuesday night and all-day Wednesday.
'And I said, "you gotta call back the planes. It's enough, it's enough,"' Trump said he told the Israeli PM. 'And they did, which I respect very greatly. So nobody was killed. ... but then a lot of planes going in the wrong direction, you know that right?'
Trump predicted that the ceasefire would hold this time because they're 'tired of it.'
'I think they don't want it to happen again. And Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon by the way. I think that's the last thing on their mind right now,' he added.