Chalmers Won’t ‘Quibble’ With Trump’s Swearing Over Israel-Iran Ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration at early failures of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers is seen during a Federal Cabinet meeting in Perth, Australia, on June 3, 2025. AAP Image/Richard Wainwright

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he has no intention of faulting U.S. President Donald Trump after the American leader swore while addressing the media on the current situation between Israel and Iran.

Trump was responding to news that both Israel and Iran had reportedly engaged in military activity after he had declared the successful brokering of a ceasefire between the two just days ago.

The stipulations were that Iran would begin the ceasefire, that Israel would follow 12 hours later and that all hostilities would stop after a 24-hour period.

But during a media address before attending the NATO summit at The Hague, Trump expressed his frustration after Israel said it believed Iran had lobbed another missile, before retaliating with its own.

“They [Iran] violated it, but Israel violated [the ceasefire] too,” Trump told reporters in the United States.

“Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and dropped a load of bombs—the likes of which I’ve never seen before, the biggest load we’ve seen.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

“I’m not happy with Israel ... I’m not happy with Iran either. But I’m really unhappy if Israel’s going out this morning because of one rocket that didn’t land, that was shot perhaps by mistake. I’m not happy about that,” he said.

Trump expressed his frustration at the historic conflict.

“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the [expletive] they’re doing,” he said.

Treasurer Chalmers said Trump’s exasperation was a direct reflection of the seriousness of the situation.

“I’m not going to quibble with the language that President Trump used,” he told Nine.

“I think it reflects the gravity of the situation and just how important it is that all parties stick to this ceasefire.

A missile launched from Iran towards Israel is seen from Tubas, West Bank, on June 24, 2025. Raneen Sawafta/Reuters

“The stakes are very high in the Middle East and for the globe and for the global economy more broadly, and I think we saw that in his comments.”

Meanwhile, Israel claims its relationship with the United States remains unshaken.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz took to X to say he had been in contact with his U.S. counterpart, and reaffirmed Israel’s dedication to a ceasefire.

“I spoke moments ago with U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth,” he wrote on the morning of June 25 (AEST).

“I thanked him for President Donald Trump’s bold decision to act with Israel against the Iranian nuclear threat.”

Katz said he told Hegseth that Israel would respect a ceasefire so long as Iran did the same.

“We agreed to deepen the close U.S.-Israel security cooperation,” he said.