“We are going to make peace,” US President Donald Trump told his officials on Sunday, hours after America bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. Even though he talked tough in public, hinting at the possibility of a regime change, US officials started hectic talks with Iran, while Trump himself dialled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to broker a ceasefire.
“Let’s get on the phone with the Iranians,” an official quoted Trump as telling his officials, Reuters reported. White House officials said US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkoff were involved in the direct and indirect communications with Iran.
Meanwhile, the eccentric US President took it upon himself to convince Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire as the conflict showed signs of engulfing the whole Middle East region.
“Get me Bibi. We are going to make peace,” the official said, quoting Trump. Benjamin Netanyahu is fondly called ‘Bibi’ in Israel.
Trump’s abrupt ceasefire announcement, even as Israel and Iran traded missiles on Monday, caught even some of his own top administration officials by surprise, the NYT reported.
More so, after Iran launched missiles at US airbases in Qatar and Iraq in response to the bombing, sparking fears of a wider and long-drawn conflict in the region.
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