U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that Iranian leadership had “just asked” the United States for a ceasefire in the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, celebrating the news in a statement shared on social media, while also issuing Tehran a grave threat.
“Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!”
The U.S. war against Iran has rattled global stability and sent tremors through the world market, sending oil prices soaring and reportedly sparking panic within the Trump administration. Trump has purportedly been looking for a way out of the conflict he initiated as his administration’s stated war objectives grow increasingly out of reach.