We have not received a decision or request to cease fire.

I ended eight wars. A ninth is coming.

Nobody's ever ended one war. Who's ended one? Nobody.

During the first 48 hours of the U.S. blockade on ships entering and exiting Iranian ports, no vessels have made it past U.S. forces.

Additionally, 9 vessels have complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around and return toward an Iranian port or coastal area.

They call us terrorists, but they are the real terrorists.

They slaughter anyone, anywhere, whenever they want, and then they speak about human rights. Shame on them.

A pontiff or any religious leader can say anything they want, but obviously if you wade into political waters, you should expect some political response, and I think the Pope has received some of that.

We want to make a deal. And parts of their government want to make a deal.

Now the trick is to get the whole of government over there to make the deal