Donald Trump has sent a strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin as he discussed the current ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
The US president was on board Air Force One and heading for a NATO summit in the Netherlands when he spoke to the press about recent developments in the world, of which there have been several.
America recently directly entered the conflict between Israel and Iran as it bombed three major locations in Iran with 'bunker busting' bombs and Trump claimed the US had 'obliterated' the sites.
Iran later fired missiles at a US base in Qatar, with Trump declaring afterwards that the Iranians launched 'a very weak response' and that a ceasefire was now in place.
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He then said the countries 'don't know what the f**k they're doing' after the ceasefire was threatened, but at the time of writing it seems to be holding. For now.
However, it seems as though one person Trump wants to hear less from on this subject is Vladimir Putin, as he told reporters on board Air Force One that he wanted to see 'a deal with Russia' as well.
Trump said: "As you know, Vladimir called me up, he said 'can I help you with Iran?', I said 'no I don't need help with Iran, I need help with you'."
It's not the first time Trump has said he wanted Putin to keep out of the situation in Iran, having previously said that in another chat with Putin, there had been an offer from the Russians to try and mediate the conflict.
Instead, Trump had told Putin to sort out his own war against Ukraine before trying to play a part in anything else, as the US president said: "I said, ‘Do me a favour, mediate your own’.
"I said, ‘Vladimir, let’s mediate Russia first. You can worry about this later’."
The message from the White House is fairly clear as far as Putin's involvement with Iran is concerned, the US doesn't want him there.
Speaking at a NATO summit, he once again delivered the message that Russian involvement in the Middle East was unwelcome and he'd rather discuss a ceasefire for the invasion of Ukraine, a conflict Trump previously boasted he could end in 24 hours.
Trump said: "Help us on Russia, not on Iran."
Elsewhere, the US president has been fuming over an American intelligence report which says the damage done to Iranian nuclear facilities is not quite the 'obliteration' that Trump declared it to be.
The US president is insistent that Iran 'wouldn't have settled' for a ceasefire had their nuclear facilities not been destroyed.
Topics: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Iran, Israel, World News, US News
Joe Harker