Trump Says US-Iran Ceasefire on ‘Massive Life Support’

President Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office on May 11.
Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg

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By Kate Sullivan, Salma El Wardany, and Galit Altstein

May 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM UTC

Updated on

May 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTC

The ceasefire between the US and Iran reached a particularly precarious moment Monday as President Donald Trump said the agreement was on “massive life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest peace offer.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump called Iran’s response to his proposal a “piece of garbage” and that he “didn’t even finish reading it.”