Second Day of NATO Summit on discuss Middle East Crisis Agenda

President Trump on Tuesday heads to a whirlwind NATO summit at the Hague, Netherlands, hours after he announced that Iran and Israel had reached a ceasefire agreement. Several hours after the ceasefire was to take effect, Mr. Trump told reporters as he left for the summit that both Israel and Iran had violated it.

Then, after speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the president said Israel would not bomb Iran again, and that "the ceasefire is in effect."

During the flight to the Netherlands, Mr. Trump posted an effusive note from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte congratulating him on his actions in Iran and on the new NATO defense spending levels."Thank you for your decisive action in Iran," Rutte wrote. He called it "truly extraordinary" and said it was "something no one else dared to do. It makes us all safer."

Shortly before the summit, on Saturday, the U.S. carried out strikes targeting three Iranian sites believed to be key to Iran's nuclear program. The move sparked fears of a wider war, but Iran's response on Monday was limited. Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar, most of which were intercepted, and no injuries were reported, U.S. and Qatari officials said.

Mr. Trump called the retaliatory strikes "very weak," and he said in another social media post that he wanted "to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost." Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei also pointed out in a social media post after the Iranian strikes, "We didn't harm anyone."

Within hours, Mr. Trump made the announcement that Iran and Israel would implement a ceasefire and shortly bring the war to an end.