By Robbie Gramer and Brian Schwartz
ANKARA, Turkey--President Trump tore into Iran's leadership and said he believed his ceasefire deal with the country is over, following another round of Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz that snarled efforts to open the strategic waterway.
The president's remarks were the starkest sign yet that diplomacy with Iran has stalled under the preliminary peace agreement he signed in mid-June. Trump stopped short of saying the U.S. would restart the war, however, and said he would let talks continue if the parties were willing.
"For me, I think the deal is over, I don't want to deal with them anymore," Trump told reporters at a NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
"They're liars, they're cheats, they're sick people," Trump added while sitting next to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Mark Rutte. "Now I'll let our wonderful negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don't see it."
