Trump Dismisses Iran Ceasefire Proposal as 'Garbage' Amid Ongoing Conflict
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war. Officials said the proposal included some concessions on Iran’s disputed nuclear program, but Trump dismissed it as “garbage.”
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BloombergMay 12th, 2026 Trump Says US-Iran Ceasefire on ‘Massive Life Support’ The ceasefire between the US and Iran reached a particularly precarious moment Monday as President Donald Trump said the agreement was on “massive life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest peace offer. Bloomberg's Michael Heath breaks down the situation.
Financial TimesTrump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’ US president rejects Iranian proposal for temporary peace deal ahead of trip to China
CNBCPresident Donald Trump on Monday said that what remains of the U.S. ceasefire with Iran is "on life support" after Tehran sent an "unacceptable" counter to Washington's proposal to end the war.
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“I would call it the weakest right now after reading that piece of garbage they sent us,” Trump added. “I didn’t even finish reading it.”
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CNBC"I would call it the weakest, right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us — I didn't even finish reading it," Trump said.
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Netanyahu's comments come ahead of Trump's trip to China later this week, where he's expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The war and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran have spiked global energy costs and sharply raised gas prices in the U.S.
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FortuneTrump is expected to use a trip this week to China to urge President Xi Jinping to pressure Iran. Beijing is the biggest buyer of Iran’s sanctioned crude oil, giving it leverage.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who launched the war with Trump on Feb. 28, insisted that the conflict was “not over,” telling CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired Sunday that a critical goal is getting the nuclear material out of Iran. If that can’t be accomplished with negotiations, Netanyahu said that Israel and the U.S. agree “we can reengage them militarily.”
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CNBCMeanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the war with Iran is "not over," as the U.S. and Israel still aim to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
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01 CNBC Since the U.S. and Israeli-led war against Iran started on Feb. 28, WTI and Brent are both up more than 40%. "Oil prices have been volatile and can rise further if US-Iran dealmaking remains thorny," Citi said in a note.
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02 Fortune The stalled diplomacy and recent exchanges of fire could tip the Middle East back into open warfare and prolong the worldwide energy crisis sparked by the conflict, with Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and America’s blockade of Iranian ports still in place.
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