Iran Ceasefire Over, Platner Replacements Emerge, Olympic Committee Lifts Russia Ban

**A. Martinez** (0:02)
President Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is over.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:05)
I don't want to deal with them, deal with this scum.

**Michelle Martin** (0:07)
It comes after US strikes on Iran following attacks on commercial ships. It's all happening while the president is in Turkey for the NATO summit.

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We don't condone any wars, including this one. I don't believe athletes should pay the price.

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**Michelle Martin** (1:57)
The US. Iran ceasefire is over. That's what President Trump just said from Turkey this morning. He was asked by reporters after the US struck Iran overnight. Once again, US. Central Command said it launched the strikes to impose heavy costs for the attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

**A. Martinez** (2:12)
Iran said today it responded by targeting Bahrain and Kuwait. This is all happening while President Trump is not that far away from that region attending a NATO summit in Turkey.

**Michelle Martin** (2:21)
NPR White House correspondent Daniel Kurtzleben is in Ankara traveling with the president of the United States.

**Daniel Kurtzleben** (2:27)
Hey there, Michelle.

**Michelle Martin** (2:28)
So what exactly did President Trump say this morning?

**Daniel Kurtzleben** (2:31)
Well, he was blunt. He said he considers the ceasefire finished and he had more harsh words for Iran's leadership after that. Let's listen.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:39)
I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore. They're scum.

**Daniel Kurtzleben** (2:43)
However, he didn't quite say that talks are over. When a reporter asked him if talks would continue, he said this.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:49)
I don't care. They can talk, but I think they're wasting their time.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:52)
They're a bunch of lying guys.

**Daniel Kurtzleben** (2:55)
So, long story short, things are pretty unclear right now. Now, meanwhile, Trump also criticized fellow NATO members in Europe for not assisting the US more in their war with Iran, as he has done in the past. For example, he said, as he also has in the past, that he wants to cut off trade with Spain, though it's not clear how that would work.
Now, all of this said, President Trump often changes his mind. So we're going to be watching to see what more he says about this ceasefire surprise announcement.

**Michelle Martin** (3:22)
And this comes in the middle of what was already not an easy summit. So tell us a bit more about that, about the context of all this.

**Daniel Kurtzleben** (3:30)
Right. I mean, there's just been a lot of tension between Trump and NATO for quite a while now. Now it's worth mentioning that this morning, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Trump for his action against Iran. But these strikes extend the conflict that European countries just didn't want to be a part of. And now Trump, of course, has said that he considers the ceasefire dead. Now add on to all of that the other Trump-NATO baggage, which is considerable. The White House had gone into the summit prepared to continue pushing NATO countries to spend more on defense, as they have been pushing for throughout his presidency. And Trump this morning also repeated that he wants the US to take over Greenland. So taking territory from a fellow NATO member, which doesn't go over well with other NATO members.