Wednesday 08 / April / 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday described the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war as a "victory" for the United States.
"This is a victory for the United States that President Trump and our incredible military made happen," she wrote on social media.
"The success of our military created maximum leverage, allowing President Trump and the team to engage in tough negotiations that have now created an opening for a diplomatic solution and long-term peace."
Earlier, Iranian state media claimed that Trump had "accepted Iran's conditions to end the war" and beaten a "humiliating retreat from anti-Iran rhetoric."
Trump thinks China got Iran to negotiate
US President Donald Trump believes China persuaded Iran to negotiate a two-week ceasefire in the ongoing war in the Middle East, according to a short telephone interview he gave to the AFP news agency.
When asked whether Beijing was involved in getting Tehran to the negotiating table at all, he replied: "I hear yes."
He also claimed the ceasefire constituted a "total and complete victory" for the United States in its monthlong war with Iran: "100 percent. No question about it."
Asked what would happen to the Iranian regime's stocks of enriched uranium, Trump said: "That will be perfectly taken care of or I wouldn't have settled." He didn't elaborate on what he meant by "taken care of."
