This is a press-gaggle transcript from a June 24, 2025 White House departure in which President Trump addresses Middle East tensions, urging Israel to "calm down" after it carried out a mission following a (reported) rocket that missed its target; he expresses displeasure at Israel’s timing and strong retaliation, says he will try to stop further action, and notes he is departing for NATO. Trump also remarks on progress for women in the Middle East and praises Saudi Arabia, defends B2 pilots and asserts an Iranian nuclear site was "demolished," and delivers extended criticism of cable networks (CNN, MSDNC/Brian Roberts). Reporter Naria asks about Gaza, hostages, and ceasefire violations; Trump says both sides violated the ceasefire and that he will try to intervene.
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I don't think so. But I'm not happy that Israel's going out now. There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard. It was after the time limit and it missed its target. And now Israel's going out. These guys got to calm down. Ridiculous. I didn't like plenty of things I saw yesterday. I didn't like the fact that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. They didn't have to unload. And I didn't like the fact that the retaliation was very strong. But in all fairness, Israel unloaded a lot. And now I hear Israel just went out because they felt it was violated by one rocket that didn't land anywhere. That's not what we want, I'll tell you. And I'm telling you, I'm not happy about that Israel either, because all I do is play both sides. I'm going now, as you know, to NATO. Some of you are going with me. And I think it's going be successful. We'll see. I'll let you know.
You managed to achieve. What are your plans for the region, for Saudi Arabia, Israel, Gaza, the hostages?
Look, you're asking me about women in the Middle east, it's getting a lot better. Things are happening at a high level, as you know. Saudi Arabia has done a really good job. It's coming out far, far faster than I thought. So we're very happy about what's happening with women in the Middle eas.
Talking about a new dawn in the Middle east that you managed to achieve last night.
Yeah.
You know, the region is going to a new place.
It's a women.
Can you tell us what your future plans for Gaja, for the hostages?
It's a new dawn. I appreciate the question. You're very nice. Who are you?
Thank you. I'm Naria. CROWD from ISRAELI final.
Well, we have to have Israel calm down because they went on a mission this morning.
Did you?
I got to get Israel to calm down now. I speak to everybody.
Both sides, not to violate the ceasefire, but reports coming from the region suggest that the sides accuse each other for violating peace fights.
I think they both violated it. I don't think they. I'm not sure they did it intentionally. They couldn't rein people back. I don't like the fact that Israel went out this morning at all. And I'm going to see if I can stop it. So as soon as I get away from you, I'm going to see if I can stop it. Okay.
Nuclear capabilities.
I think it's been completely demolished. I think the Reason we're here is because Those pilots, those B2 pilots, did an unbelievable job. And you know, the fake news, like CNN in particular, they're trying to, you know, they're trying to say, well, I agree that it was destroyed, but maybe not that destroyed. You know what they're doing? They're really hurting great pilots that put their lives in the line. CNN is scum and so is Ms. Dnc. They're all. And frankly, the networks aren't much better. It's all fake. They should not have done that. Those pilots hit their targets. Those targets were obliterated. And the pilots should be given credit. They're not after. The pilots are after me. They want to try and demean me. No, Iran will never rebuild its nuclear from there. Absolutely not. That place is under rock. That place is demolished. The B2 pilots did their job. They did it better than anybody could even imagine. They hit late in the evening. It was dark with no moon. And they hit that target with every one of those things. Things. And that place is gone. But when I see CNN all night long, they're trying to say, well, maybe it wasn't really as demolished as we thought it was demolished. You take a look at the pinpricks and you see that place is gone. And I will say, I think CNN ought to apologize to the pilots of the B2s. I think that MSDNC ought to apologize. I think these guys really, these networks and these cable networks are real losers. You really are. You're real lose. You're gutless. You're gutless losers. I say that to CNN because I watch it. I have no choice. I got to watch that garbage. It's all garbage. It's all fake news. But I think CNN is a gutless group of people. And the people that run it, nobody even knows it's been sold so many times. But the people that run it ought to be ashamed. Msdnc, a guy named Brian Roberts, he heads it. He's a disgrace. He's a weak, pathetic disgrace.
Violated the peace agreement and the ceasefire. Do you believe that Iran is still committed to peace?
Yeah, I do. They violated, but Israel violated it, too. 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. I'm not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, okay, now you have 12 hours. You don't go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them. So I'm not happy with them. I'm not happy with Iran either, but I'm really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning because of what rocket that didn't land, that was shot, perhaps by mistake that didn't land. I'm not happy about that. You know what we have? We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the they're doing. Do you understand that?
