Trump is done playing with Iran.
Less than three weeks after signing a memorandum of understanding with Iran, Trump declared Wednesday that he considers the agreement finished, blaming Tehran’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and brushing aside any hope that the latest round of negotiations can salvage it.
The declaration came only hours after U.S. forces pounded roughly 80 Iranian targets overnight, marking the sharpest escalation since the two sides agreed to keep talking.
“I don’t like them at all,” Trump said during his first public comments after the strikes. “Frankly, I think we wasted a lot of time with them.”
Then came the question everyone expected.
Was the deal dead?
“To me, I think it’s over,” Trump replied. “I don’t want to deal with them anymore. They’re scum.”
That wasn’t an off-the-cuff remark. It became the theme of the morning, and Trump returned to it again and again as he described Iran’s leaders as “vicious,” “liars,” “cheats,” and “sick people,” while making clear he has little interest in investing more political capital in negotiations that he believes have already run their course, even if American diplomats continue talking behind the scenes.
“So far as I’m concerned, it’s just a waste of time dealing with them,” he said. “Now I’ll let our wonderful negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don’t see it.”
BREAKING: President Trump declares the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement is effectively “OVER” following a violent new round of overnight military strikes.
Speaking from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump blasted Iranian leadership and stated he has no interest in continuing… pic.twitter.com/8kHDmriTrO
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 8, 2026
The latest confrontation began after Iran attacked three commercial ships on Monday and Tuesday while insisting vessels entering the Strait of Hormuz use a Tehran-approved sea lane instead of the route backed by the United States and its allies. Washington answered with overnight strikes on approximately 80 targets inside Iran, turning what had been a simmering maritime standoff into a direct military showdown. Different fight. Different stakes.
Iran wasn’t backing down, either.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf responded with his own blunt message.
“The era of bullying and extortion is over,” he said. “It leads nowhere. We don’t fold.”
That exchange all but erased what remained of the memorandum signed June 17 at the Palace of Versailles. The 14-point framework was supposed to buy both sides 60 days to negotiate a broader agreement covering Iran’s nuclear program, sanctions relief, frozen Iranian assets and, most importantly, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries roughly one out of every five barrels of oil traded around the globe. Every disruption there ripples far beyond the Middle East.
Hannity’s Highlights
Trump declared the Iran memorandum of understanding effectively dead — a sweeping repudiation of the diplomatic framework that had been holding the two sides together.
The declaration followed overnight U.S. airstrikes on roughly 80 Iranian targets — one of the most significant military actions against Iran since hostilities began.
The strikes came after Iran attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz — Tehran’s move against civilian vessels in international waters triggered the U.S. response.
Markets felt it immediately — oil up, stock futures down — traders pricing in the risk of a prolonged conflict with no diplomatic off-ramp in sight.
Trump also made clear this isn’t just about ships or diplomacy anymore.
He pointed to longstanding Iranian threats against his life as proof that he no longer believes the regime is negotiating in good faith, saying he has repeatedly appeared on Iranian assassination lists and suggesting those threats have fundamentally changed how he views any future talks.
“They want to take out the U.S. leader, me. I’m on every list,” Trump said.
“I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky. But that maybe doesn’t last very long.”
“These are evil, sick people, and we have to rid … they’re cancer!”
Trump on Iran’s intentions to assassinate him:
I’m on all their hit lists. And so far, I guess I’ve been a bit lucky, but maybe that won’t last much longer. pic.twitter.com/1ZeFFtnkQx— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) July 8, 2026
The memorandum may still exist on paper. After Wednesday, Trump’s faith in it clearly does not.
