President Donald Trump stated Monday morning that the ceasefire arrangement with Iran is “on life support,” a day after he rejected a proposal from the country to halt the war. Trump, questioned about the state of the truce, spoke to reporters inside the Oval Office and delivered some brutally honest words about the state of affairs.
“It’s unbelievably weak,” Trump said. “I would call it the weakest right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us. I didn’t even finish reading it. I said, ‘I’m not going to waste my time reading it.’”
Trump continued, saying, “It’s on life support,” before turning to Dr. Mehmet Oz, who was standing behind him.
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“Dr. Oz, life support is not a good thing, do you agree?” Trump quipped.
That got a few chuckles from the others in the room. Trump then said the ceasefire was on “massive life support” and compared it to when “a doctor walks in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.’”
The president also revealed that he is considering renewing “Project Freedom,” but “this time around the U.S. guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz would be one small piece of what would be part of a larger military operation.”
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Trump revealed that Iran specifically stated that only the US or China would be capable of retrieving the “nuclear dust.”
“Iran told me very strongly they intend to give US the nuclear dust. But you’re going to have to take it out, because the site was so obliterated that there’s only one or two countries in the world that could get it. It’s so deep and got hit so hard that there’s no way they have the equipment to move it. You and China are the only two countries in the world that could take it out!”
“So we talked about it, and they said, you’ll have to take it out, because we don’t have the capability of doing it. For those people that like to say that those great pilots in those great planes, well, we just ordered 22 more of them knew and improved, that those great pilots didn’t do their job. They did their job.”
“Of course I have a plan — I have the best plan ever. And Iran has been defeated militarily, totally… I have a plan: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” he added.
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.@POTUS on the ceasefire in Iran: “After reading that piece of garbage they sent us… It’s on life support.” pic.twitter.com/MyfmPZeOmB
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 11, 2026
Trump’s remarks come one day after he said Iran’s proposal to end the war was “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was challenged Friday on the tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran after the two sides traded fire one day earlier. The truce seemed rather fragile because the two sides were still fighting, Rubio told a reporter, saying it was because Iran was not obeying the accord.
“What you saw yesterday was U.S. destroyers moving through international waters, being fired upon by the Iranians, and the U.S. responded defensively to protect itself,” Rubio said.
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Rubio added, “If you fire a drone or a missile at our destroyer, what are we supposed to do, let it hit? We have to respond to it. We have to knock down the missile, and we have to knock out whatever it is that launched that missile. The alternative is to let it sink one of our ships. That’s crazy. So, of course, we responded to it.”
Trump announced last week that “Project Freedom,” the U.S. initiative aimed at ensuring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, will temporarily pause.
The president announced his decision on Truth Social, citing significant progress made toward a potential agreement with Iran.
“Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran, and additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized and signed,” Trump wrote.
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