Trump has scathing message for Putin after Russian president offered to 'help with Iran'

Donald Trump gave Vladimir Putin a rather blunt response when the Russian president asked if he needed any assistance during the conflict between Israel and Iran.

As he was heading to the NATO summit in The Netherlands, Trump spoke to reporters about the ongoing situation, in which he helped bring about a ceasefire earlier this week.

On Monday evening (23 June), it was reported that Israel and Iran had accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by Trump to end their 12-day conflict, after Tehran launched a retaliatory limited missile attack on a US military base in Qatar.

However, hours after the ceasefire, Israel claimed it had identified missiles launched from Iran. Iran has denied that any missiles were sent after the ceasefire was in place.

Trump later appeared in front of reporters, where he claimed the two countries 'don't know what the f**k they're doing'.

He later took to Truth Social, claiming the ceasefire was in effect and would be going ahead.

So far, it seems to be holding.

On Tuesday, Trump flew to The Netherlands where he joined other world leaders for a NATO summit.

On the way, he spoke to press, where he explained that Putin had offered him 'help with Iran'.

Trump explained: "I'd like to see a deal with Russia... Vladimir called me up he said, 'can I help you with Iran?' I said 'no I don't need help with Iran, I need help with you'. I hope we're going to be getting a deal done with Russia."

Trump has long been fighting for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, and he's expressed frustration at the lack of progress.

Trump said Putin called him offering help (GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Reporters also asked Trump about the ceasefire, with the president speaking about Iran's future, explaining: "They're not going to have a nuclear weapon and they know that.

"They're going to get on to being a great trading nation, they're very good traders and they're going to be a great trading nation, they have a lot of oil and they're going to do well.

"They're not going to have nuclear weapons."

Trump also said that he does not want to see regime change in Iran, adding: "Regime change takes chaos and ideally we don't want to see so much chaos.

"So we'll see how it does."

When Trump arrived for the NATO summit, X was flooded with comments from conspiracy theorists who claimed he had used a 'body double' to attend.

People were confused over Trump's height (HAIYUN JIANG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In what has been described as a 'historic' meeting by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the leaders could be seen standing for a photograph alongside King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, before enjoying a formal dinner.

But people were left baffled by one specific detail in the image.

One person on Twitter claimed that a 'mini Trump' had been sent to The Hague, instead of the president, referring to the fact that Trump appears shorter in the photos from the event.

"That... that is not Trump," one person wrote.

While another said: "When I saw a video from earlier today I was wondering why he was so much shorter."

And a third added: "Obviously not the real one. Not tall enough. Loved the people noting he’s in multiple places at once."

Others were skeptical of the claims, as many pointed out that Trump seemed to look shorter because he was standing next to tall men.

"I think he just looks short here because the King of the Netherlands is 6'5. Let's not get carried away," said one.