Anthony Albanese has described Donald Trump’s strongly-worded tirade directed at Iran and Israel as “abrupt” after the president lambasted both for violating a truce.
In a furious blast during a brief press encounter on the lawn at the White House on Tuesday morning (late Tuesday night AEST), the president said Israel and Iran “don’t know what the f— they’re doing”.
The prime minister said Trump has made his views on the conflict “very clear” after being asked his thoughts on the surprise F-bomb dropped by the US president.
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“l think that President Trump made some pretty clear statements. I don’t think it needs any further reflection,” Albanese told reporters in Tasmania.
“I think that he stated his views pretty abruptly and I think they were very clear.”
Albanese echoed Trump’s demand for a ceasefire and said the federal government views reflect the US president.
“We want to see peace in the region, we want to see a ceasefire, we want to see de-escalation, and that is consistent with the very clear comments of President Trump,” he added.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers earlier defended Trump’s language and said the expletive “reflects the gravity” of the conflict between the warring nations.
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Trump’s remarks came after Israel accused Iran of breaching the ceasefire and vowing to retaliate.
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,” Trump said, before adding “Do you understand that?” and storming off to board Marine One.
Trump said he was particularly incensed by Israel dropping bombs on Iran soon after the ceasefire deal.
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“Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I’ve never seen before,” he said.
“You don’t go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them, so I’m not happy with them.”
“Iran’s military denied firing on Israel after the ceasefire began, the country’s state media reported © but explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel midmorning on Tuesday (evening AEST).
Earlier, both Israel and Iran had accepted the ceasefire plan to end their 12-day war.
