{"id":4177,"date":"2025-06-26T07:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2025-06-26T07:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:57:08","slug":"trump-declares-middle-east-war-over-set-to-begin-talks-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/26\/trump-declares-middle-east-war-over-set-to-begin-talks-with-iran","title":{"rendered":"Trump Declares Middle East War &#8216;Over&#8217;, Set to Begin Talks with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"89\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump has announced the beginning of talks with Iran next week, following a ceasefire that ended a 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel. Speaking at the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump confidently declared, \u201cWe think it\u2019s over,\u201d regarding the regional hostilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"665\">Trump credited US military strikes for helping halt the war, likening the impact to \u201cHiroshima,\u201d claiming it \u201cended the war.\u201d He said both nations were exhausted from the violence and expressed hope that peace would prevail, although future flare-ups could not be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"713\"><strong data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"713\">Praise for Pakistan, Focus on Global Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"1029\">During the summit, Trump praised Field Marshal Asim Munir, calling him \u201can inspiring personality,\u201d and stated that the US had played a pivotal role in de-escalating tensions between Pakistan and India. He emphasized the need for both nations to prioritize trade over conflict, labeling them \u201cmajor nuclear powers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1298\">He also revealed plans to soon speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin to explore options for ending the Ukraine war, stating, \u201cPutin really has to end that war.\u201d Trump reaffirmed US support for Ukraine, promising to consider sending more Patriot missile systems.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1339\"><strong data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1339\">Summit Highlights and NATO Pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1575\">Trump touted \u201ctremendous\u201d outcomes from the NATO summit, most notably pushing allies to commit to a defense spending target of 5% of GDP. He warned Spain over its reluctance, threatening trade repercussions if commitments weren\u2019t met.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1753\">Trump\u2019s remarks, comparisons to WWII, and defiance of intelligence reports have stirred debate, but he remains steadfast in framing recent US actions as global peace victories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump has announced the beginning of talks with Iran next week, following a ceasefire that ended a 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel. Speaking at the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump confidently declared, \u201cWe think it\u2019s over,\u201d regarding the regional hostilities. Trump credited US military strikes for helping halt the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[160,2027,2026,2028],"class_list":["post-4177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-headline","tag-middleeastpeace","tag-trumpirantalks","tag-usforeignpolicy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4180,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions\/4180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}