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Published On: Mon, Jun 15th, 2026

FNC’s Trey Yingst: Trump Told Netanyahu “WTF Are You Doing?” And Asked Iran Not To Respond To Israeli Bombing

FOX News Middle East correspondent Trey Yingst reports from Israel, saying President Trump told him he expects to sign an agreement to end the war with Iran “in a matter of hours” unless Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon derails the agreement. “The expectation from President Trump: The deal is still moving forward, he says, and he is calling on the Israelis not to derail this agreement at the last minute,” he said. “President Trump also tells Fox News he will ask Iran to hold their fire so this agreement can move forward.”

TREY YINGST, FOX NEWS REPORTER: Yeah, Kevin, I spoke with President Trump today, and he says he expects the deal with Iran to be signed in a matter of hours. We should be measured here, understanding it would not be the first time the Iranians backed away from the table at the last minute. As this is taking place, there’s an X factor, and that is what the Iranians will do in response to Israeli strikes against the Lebanese capital of Beirut earlier today, in response to drone fire in their country over the weekend. President Trump tells Fox News that he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, What the F are you doing? And that came after those Israeli strikes targeted a neighborhood of southern Beirut, and the Iranians threatened to fire missiles on Israel tonight. President Trump also tells Fox News he will ask Iran to hold their fire so this agreement can move forward. This is all taking place as international focus remains on the Strait of Hormuz. The president says if the agreement is signed, he will order the naval blockade of Iranian ports to be immediately lifted if the Iranians uphold their end of the agreement. The Strait would have to be open, and they would have to enter into serious negotiations about the details of their nuclear program. The president gave some new insight also on the U.S. efforts to get crude oil out of the Persian Gulf over the last month and a half. On average, 22 boats were being escorted out of the Persian Gulf secretly. The Iranians said they were in control of the Strait, but the U.S. Navy was actually in control, and that’s how the president says he was able to keep oil markets under control as all of this was taking place. But again, Kevin, the expectation from President Trump: The deal is still moving forward, he says, and he is calling on the Israelis not to derail this agreement at the last minute. KEVIN CORKE, FOX NEWS: What’s your sense, Trey, with respect to the Strait and the blockade? We’ve been watching how the Americans have really controlled the regime by making sure that they have basically shut off the spigot with respect to their economy. Does that hold, or does this eventually change along with the possible agreement? YINGST: This is an important part of the story, because as the U.S. naval blockade was in place, it actually encouraged the Iranians to come back to the table. Each and every day, they were losing millions of dollars due to the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. Exports in Iran are down 90%. They’re currently extracting crude oil at a 50% rate. And these numbers are important because they support the Iranian economy. And there are 90 million people in Iran. And each and every day, the domestic pressure is growing on the Iranian regime. And the president reserves both diplomatic and military options to respond if the Iranians don’t adhere to an eventual agreement. And it creates this environment where the president is in control at the negotiating table. And he believes that is one of the reasons why, ultimately, the Iranians came back and met with the American mediators. And also, when we think about the military pressure last week, this is also very important. The president was in the Situation Room ordering these strikes against Iranian targets, taking out much of the ballistic missile supply that the Iranians use to launch attacks against Israel and U.S. forces across the Middle East. And the production lines for these missiles were targeted by both the Americans and the Israelis during the 40-day Operation Epic Fury. So they are in a situation now where, despite what happens at the negotiating table or on the battlefield, the Iranians are unable to make more ballistic missiles. So every time they fire on U.S. forces in places like Bahrain and Kuwait, that’s one less missile they have in their arsenal to threaten the region. So the equation has changed here. For the first time in 47 years, it’s Iranians looking for a deal with President Trump, and the president believes a deal is on the horizon.

Axios reporter Barak Ravid adds:


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