Trump had “maximum pressure” on Iran and Israel to “deliver peace”: Leavitt

President Trump had “maximum pressure” on Israel and Iran to “deliver peace” after his historic and decisive strikes decimated the nuclear installations of the Islamic Republic.

The president swore throughout his campaign in 2024 to reach “peace by force”, and he has taken measures in recent days to do exactly that, with an additional pressure campaign on Israel and Iran.

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“President Trump leads the perfect execution of the most secret and successful military strikes in history – then merchanting a cease -fire in the war within 48 hours – is the embodiment of peace by force,” said the white house press secretary Karoline Leavitt in Fox News Digital. “No one knows how to exert maximum pressure to offer peace better than Donald Trump.”

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump, this week, participated in the NATO summit in the Netherlands, where he was congratulated by allies for his decision to hit Iran’s nuclear installations.

NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, congratulated Trump as a “man of force” and a “man of peace”.

“I just want to recognize your decisive action on Iran,” said Rutte at the start of his joint remarks with the president. “You are a man of force, but you are also a man of peace. And the fact that you are now able to do this cease-fire between Israel and Iran-I really want to congratulate you for that. I think it’s important for the whole world.”

Rutte, on his social media, also congratulated the president for his “extraordinary” action in Iran, saying that it was “something that no one else dared to do”.

“It makes us all safer,” said Rutte.

President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary General Mark Rutte during a group photo of heads of state and government at the NATO summit in Hague, the Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP photo / Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

The president also negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, announcing on Monday that the “12-day war” ended-a little more than a week after Israel launched a preventive strike, citing the fears that Tehran is dangerously close to obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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The two countries subsequently exchanged rocket fire over the following days, and during the weekend, the United States launched its own air strikes out of three of the main nuclear installations in Iran.

Iran responded by shooting on a American air base on Monday in Qatar, but not without giving an opinion in advance and Qatari officials. No injury has been reported in this attack.

The card of us strikes on Iran. (Fox News)

The ceasefire had started an uncertain beginning, the president releasing the frustration of the two countries.

“I am not satisfied with Israel. You know, when I say, OK, now you have 12 hours, you do not go out in the first hour and drop everything you have on them. So I’m not satisfied with them. I am not satisfied with Iran either, but I am really unhappy if Israel is released this morning,” said Trump on Tuesday.

He continued: “We have essentially two countries that have been fighting for so long and so hard that they do not know what the F — they do.”

“I’m going to see if I can stop it,” he added.

Israel accused Iran of having raped a cease-fire announced by President Donald Trump, but Tehran denied Jerusalem’s claims. (Reuters)

“Israel. Do not drop these bombs. If you do, it’s a major violation. Bring your drivers back to home now!” Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the boarding of Marine One.

A few minutes later, he announced that Israel canceled his plans for an attack on Tuesday morning.

“Israel will not attack Iran. All planes will turn around and go home, while making a friendly” airplane “to Iran. No one will be injured, the ceasefire is in force! Thank you for your attention to this affair!” He wrote.

Israel has not attacked.

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From the NATO summit, the president warned that the United States is hitting Iran again if he tries to rebuild his nuclear program.

And Trump’s historical strikes in Iran have the Islamic Republic admitting that their nuclear installations have been decimated.

The evaluations of the United States, Israel and Iran agree that strikes have succeeded.