President Trump said Wednesday he believes the current ceasefire with Iran is over following an exchange of attacks between the U.S.and Iran in the latest escalation straining the agreement to end the war."I think it's over.
I don't want to deal with them anymore.They're scum," Trump told reporters in Ankara as he wrapped up his visit to attend the NATO summit.Trump, however, did not rule out talks continuing to permanently end the war with Iran.His comments came after the U.S.
and Iran traded fire again overnight Wednesday.The strikes followed Tuesday's attacks on three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S.said it carried out strikes on Iranian targets in what it said was retaliation for the previous Iranian aggression.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard said it responded to those strikes by launching missiles and drones against Kuwait and Bahrain, two Arab Gulf countries that host U.S.military bases.Trump is in Ankara, Turkey, to attend the NATO summit, where he has continued to air grievances, lamenting that European countries don't contribute enough to their own defense spending, as Russia's war against Ukraine has dragged on.He has also expressed frustration since the U.S.
and Israel's war with Iran began that Europe hasn't been supportive enough of his agenda.Earlier in the day, the president said he was "testing" allies on how they'd help with the war."Italy turned us down, and Germany turned us down, and France turned us down, and it's OK, but you know, why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars and they're not there for us? We've always been there for them," Trump said.The tension between Trump and NATO nations has also grown as the president continued on Tuesday to insist that the U.S.should have control of Greenland, a territory currently under Denmark.Despite friction in the alliance, at the gathering Trump has discussed some issues important to him related to the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran, such as increased defense spending and lo...