https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-he-has-agreed-suspend-bombi...



By Kanishka Singh

April 8, 2026     8:37 AM GMT+10    Updated 2 hours ago


WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has agreed ​to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks while accepting a ‌14-day truce proposal from mediators in the Iran war.
Trump said he spoke to leaders in Pakistan, which has been a mediator between Washington and Tehran and which had sought ​a two-week ceasefire.



"Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and ​Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested ⁠that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to ​Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, ​IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks," Trump wrote on social ​media.
"This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE," Trump said.


Trump said ​the U.S. has received a 10-point proposal from Iran, which he called a "workable basis ‌on ⁠which to negotiate."
Trump said in his post that nearly all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the U.S. and Iran and the two-week period will allow a deal to be ​finalized.
Trump, who ​has offered shifting goals ⁠and timelines for the war, reiterated that he felt Washington's objectives had been achieved.


The Iran war began when ​the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. Tehran ​responded ⁠with its own strikes on Israel and Gulf states with U.S. bases. The war has shaken global markets and raised oil prices.
U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran and ⁠Israeli ​attacks in Lebanon have killed thousands and displaced millions. ​Trump warned earlier on Tuesday that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran did not ​make a deal.

Told ya, Bobby.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/white-house-claims-two-week-ceasefi...

Live Update arrow right icon From the Liveblog of Wednesday, April 8, 2026



By Jacob Magid Follow

Today, 5:05 am


The White House asserts that the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran is a victory for Washington.

“This is a victory for the United States that President Trump and our incredible military made happen,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says in a statement.

“From the very beginning of Operation Epic Fury, President Trump estimated this would be a 4-6 week operation,” she says. “Thanks to the unbelievable capabilities of our warriors, we have achieved and exceeded our core military objectives in 38 days.”


“The success of our military created maximum leverage, allowing President Trump and the team to engage in tough negotiations that have now created an opening for a diplomatic solution and long-term peace,” Leavitt adds.

“Additionally, President Trump got the Strait of Hormuz reopened,” she says.

The channel was open before the war started, though, and Iran now says safe passage must be coordinated with its forces.

“Never underestimate President Trump’s ability to successfully advance America’s interests and broker peace,” Leavitt says.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 1:23pm:


Lol   

Mango Mussolini got done like a dinner.

He couldn't negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag.

This will go down in history as one of America's biggest foreign policy/military failures.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 1:44pm:


They were passing perfectly fine before he launched the illegal attack, Bobby.

Nothing has been gained.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 1:51pm:


We're back to where we were before his illegal war (almost).

He took two steps back and one step forward.

He won:

Big Donger wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 2:49pm:



A civilization has been saved  and we can get oil now.

Big Donger wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 2:57pm:



They wouldn't dare.

Big Donger wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 4:44pm:



All sides have stopped attacking each other -

that's a good start. 

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/iran-continues-bombing-campaign-on-israel-d...

Iran continues bombing campaign on Israel despite Trump’s ceasefire announcement

Iran has continued launching missile attacks on Israel despite a recently announced ceasefire aimed at halting the conflict.

Air raid sirens and fresh strikes have been reported across Israel.

Officials say multiple waves of Iranian missiles were fired even after the ceasefire was declared.

Missiles have been intercepted over Tel Aviv, with no injuries reported.

The ongoing attacks have raised serious doubts about whether the ceasefire is being observed on the ground.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 6:48pm:


Oh well, that's the end of that then.

The dead American soldiers will rise from their graves, the 150 murdered school girls will be back at their desks on Monday, petrol prices will go back to where they were before the illegal war, and there will be everlasting peace in the Middle East.

Glad it all worked out well.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 7:02pm:


Oh, you can bet your house on that Bobby.

And you can also bet it on more Americans being killed.

This is just the beginning - Trump will probably end up being one of the worst war criminals the world has ever seen.

Strap yourself in.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 7:04pm:


Wait until the gloves are off - then you'll see who has the casualties.... the desultory and 'just making a point' US strikes to date are nothing compared to what will happen when IRAN breaks the ceasefire, which they are already doing by continuing missile strikes .....

You are kidding me,. right?

IRAN SURRENDERED NINETY MINUTES BEFORE FULL ON STRIKES.

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 6:42pm:


Well, Trump DID possibly scare them into a ceasefire with his threat to eliminate the 'civilizition of Iran' (which he could obviously do, even if alienating what remains of global regard for the US...).

But your Neanderthal acceptance of war as the dispute settlement mechanism between nations is itself brought into focus by this war.

Admittedly the UN itself holds to the absurd concept of "legal war" - an insanity which is why war is still legal in international law. 

Allowing Israel to contiue eliminating the religious zealots via genocide, as in Gaza, while murdering non-combatants.

Of course the fundamentalists in Iran are claiming a victory, as a consequence of Trump's apparent back-down,  they are very sick bunnies.

Meanwhile Oz's most celebrated soldier is facing "war crimes" - the direct result of the  UN's failure to outlaw war in 1945.
   

And his Hawaiian Obama birth certificate investigators will finally be returning stateside in two weeks with their findings. It's gonna be an exciting May sweeps.

Leroy wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 7:24pm:



Check out the 1991 Gulf War -

The UN allowed war to kick Saddam out of Kuwait.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 7:27pm:


Think about what you say, were the UN going to make it illegal to kick Saddam out of Kuwait.

Leroy wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 7:42pm:



They could have made it illegal.

History -

Kuwait was stolen from Iraq by the British and given to a tribe of Iraqi traitors.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 7:09pm:


And it continues. Israel has kept striking Lebanon, openly ignoring the spirit, if not the letter, of a ceasefire that was already held together with duct tape and spin.

Within hours of that, Iran moves to reassert control over the Strait again, explicitly tying it to those same Lebanese strikes, a linkage Washington insists doesn't exist while simultaneously scrambling to explain why the "ceasefire" keeps unravelling in real time.

Then you've got Karoline Leavitt stepping up to the podium declaring victory, even as her own administration is disputing whether the Strait is even closed, despite multiple reports of disruptions and Iranian enforcement on shipping.

So what you're left with is this absurd split-screen reality:
- on one side, "mission accomplished" theatrics,
- on the other, a ceasefire that doesn't cover half the battlefield and a global oil chokepoint sliding back into crisis.

Tired of winning yet?

The cease fire won't last unless IRGC chief-commander Ahmad Vahidi is removed from pages of history.

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 6:42pm:


Has he?

Let’s drop the slogans and compare like-for-like, because the mythology you’re repeating collapses the moment it’s put next to reality.

Under Obama:

- Strait of Hormuz open, freely navigable
- Iran caps uranium enrichment
- Iran commits to no nuclear weapons
- Full access granted to International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors
- Compliance verified
- Iranian assets unfrozen, diplomacy functioning
- No war crimes committed or threatened by the US
- Zero Americans killed
- Zero Iranians killed
- Zero bombs dropped
- Zero dollars burned on war
- Zero threats about wiping out civilisations

Under Trump:

- Strait of Hormuz closed, only opened with a $1 per barrel toll, ~$2 million per ship, although reports show it's closed again because Israel continued its attack on Lebanon after the US/Iran cease fire.
- Iran makes no guarantees of limiting uranium enrichment
- Iran makes no guarantees of no nuclear weapons
- Iran makes no guarantees to allow international inspectors
- Open talk of the US committing war crimes and civilisation-ending escalation
- Failed regime change with a more hardline and nuclear-seeking replacement leader
- 15 American casualties, 700+ wounded
- Tens of thousands of Iranian civilians dead or injured
- Thousands of bombs dropped
- $45+ Billion in taxpayer money incinerated
- Regional conflict expanding across multiple countries
- Sanctions lifted on Iranian oil and the toll on ships that are allowed to pass through the strait means Iran is looking at an additional $140 billion per year.
- Global oil supply destabilised

Let's look back on the timeline.  On the eve of conflict, Iran was signalling willingness to:

- Cap enrichment below weapons-grade
- Dilute or pause higher-enriched stockpiles
- Reduce or export uranium reserves
- Expand IAEA oversight, potentially back to intrusive levels

UK intermediaries described this as “significant” and said a deal was “within reach”.

Then Trump engages with Benjamin Netanyahu and, almost immediately after, we get escalation instead of a resolution, and Operation Epic Fury begins.

The timeline isn’t complicated:

- Negotiations showing movement
- Israel panics that their forever justification to attack Iran was about to be off the table again as it was under Obama
- US-Israel alignment intensifies
- Strikes follow
- Diplomacy collapses

So much for the “master dealmaker”.  His strings were pulled and he danced.

That’s not winning or strength. That’s failure.

A typical Trump deal, it's worse than if he'd done nothing, spun as an amazing victory because his name is signed on it with a Sharpie.

And in the end, Trump has adopted Iran's 10-point plan as the starting point for negotiations, saying it was a "workable basis on which to negotiate".

THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF ALL THIS WASTE, DEATH AND GLOBAL INSTABILITY!?

Trump is the first President in US history to fail to stand up to Israel's demands to go to war with Iran.

He's a weak little bitch, OR, was blackmailed into it because he raped a bunch of children, pick your poison MAGA.

In what world has Trump achieved anything but failure?

The US is worse off for his actions, the world is worse off for his actions.  All he had to do was NOTHING.

NOTHING, and we'd have everything Obama had achieved, without the death and destruction, the loss of lives, the billions in US taxpayer money wasted and without depleting the US defence capabilities, and Iran would be $138.6 Billion poorer. 

Yeah, remember how the $1.4b of their funds that Obama was unfreezing as part of the deal that we were told was going to fund terrorism and meant the deal had to be scrapped?

Trump has set them up to earn 100x that, PER YEAR while baking in increased oil prices.

How are you MAGA idiots celebrating this?

Are you retarded!?

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 7:21am:


Excellent post.

Stand by for personal abuse from Frank.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 7:42am:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 8:06am:


Yes.

But don't worry Bobby, the US is sending JD to Pakistan to continue negotiations.

Lol

Sprintcyclist wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 9:31am:


Yep.

This is what a "ceasefire" looks like under two genocidal war criminals - Netanyahu & Trump.

Hundreds killed in 'barbaric' wave of Israeli strikes in Lebanon

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 7:21am:


For those who don't like reading or want to dismis this as waffle or <insert insult here>, you can watch some dumbed-down versions that might be more your speed here:

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 9:52am:


Worst foreign policy stuff up in 250 years.

He really is the dumbest person on the planet.

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You can listen to the fake news or get the truth from Karoline


Why do people call threats of pay us money for protection or we blow up your ships as a toll?

Lefties like bending over and taking it up the arse from muslims look how they sugar coat these mafia type threats from Islamic regime.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2026 at 7:14pm:


But the problem is dispute re 'self defense' - which is in the eye of the beholder.   

eg, Howard and Blair joined Bush's 'illegal' war because the US claimed Sadam had waepons of mass destruction -  while forgetting the US has weapons of mass destruction.....

Ditto for Israel and Iran.

The UN - a reflection of the men who compromised to create it (because the US and USSR demanded a veto) - is flawed; you either have international law enforceable by a UNSC without veto, or you don't. 

Sprintcyclist wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 11:59am:





Meh , most Americans voted for him because he's entertaining and a bit naughty.
Everyone hates those " stick up their ass, hall monitor types" like gweggy  ;
You can survive on oatmeal , but most Americans prefer strong flavours, strong stimuli, wild behaviour and erratic posts.
Makes their lives seem like less drudgery

None of the Middle East wars have ever led to anything good.

The USA created the monsters of:
Saddam,
Osama Bin Laden,
Iran -

and then their monsters turned on them.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 1:10pm:


The US is now a rogue state.

Trump & Hegseth are terrorists.

lol... definitely deranged.

Donald Trump mulls punishing NATO countries that didn’t assist Iran war effort: report

President Trump is reportedly weighing a plan to punish NATO allies that refused to assist the US in the war with Iran.

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I'm sure he must do most or all of his "Truth" Social posts while he's doing this:

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 1:33pm:



yeah? - would you be the hangman?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 2:41pm:


The ICC doesn't impose the death sentence, which is good.

Prison for those two is perfect.

Imprisonment: Individuals found guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide are sentenced to prison terms. The ICC can impose life sentences.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 2:57pm:


As should Trump's puppet masters, Putin & Netanyahu.

Three of the most evil people on the planet.

aquascoot wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 12:26pm:


Yes, but you said that when they voted for Metameucil Joe, dear.

So much winning, you said.

Oh? We said. He lost.

I know, you said, but Donnie's trying to get into prison. He wants to hit the gym and work on his pecs.

Couldn't he just do that at Mar a Lago? We said.

Yes, but he vibes with adversity, you said. The SM usually does.

Anyhoo, he changed his mind and decided to become prez instead. A real "win win".

The Real Americans got high gas and grocery prices and a couple of endless wars.

Donnie got $8 bil. Turned out corruption wasn't so bad after all, no?

The Don can buy himself some new pecs if he likes. Or, if he's curious, put on a pair of pink hot pants and join Kristi's hubby online.

We'll win so much we'll grow tired of winning, ja?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 3:17pm:


Only nuke, only hardcore 

Bobby. wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 3:54pm:


Nuke is more effective 

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 8:55pm:




Trump was sold a pack of lies from Bibi - 

oil tankers are sitting ducks in the Strait of Hormuz -
worse than that - they are floating bombs
that can be ignited with one match -
yet alone a drone or missile. 

No one can stop the Iranians blowing them up.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 9:16pm:


Everyone warned Trump, so he got rid of them.

He's not the victim here, he chose this, he's the president, the buck stops with him.

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 8:55pm:


Here is video with JD who took part in negotiations saying Lebanon wasn't part of the deal.
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The US isn't doing any military operations in Lebanon why would they agree to any ceasefire with Lebanon when they aren't blowing stuff up there?
How can they ceasefire there when they aren't firing anything?

Hezbollah translated from Arabic = "Party of God"
Hezbollah started attacking Israel on Oct 7th same day Hamas attacked Israel.
Lebanese government can't control Hezbollah they have asked them to stop attacking Israel they have ignored the Lebanese government and continue to fire unguided rockets into Israel which is a war crime.

Israel isn't attacking Lebanon they're attacking Hezbollah which the Australian government has listed as a terrorist group

Under Australian law, it is illegal to:
Be a member of Hizballah
Provide support, funds, or resources to the group
Recruit for it or associate with it in certain ways
Display its symbols/flags
https://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/what-australia-is-doing/terrorist-organisati...

A ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist group Hezbollah has nothing to do with the US.

We know leftists like you are simping for terrorists through ignorance or stupidity or a combination of both.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/733679086406706

Baronvonrort wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 11:20pm:


So you can't point to the text of the ceasefire that excludes Lebanon?

SadKangaroo wrote on Apr 10^th, 2026 at 10:49am:


We're gonna take that as a 'no', Baron.