"These are sick people": Trump says Iran deal is over

US President Donald Trump said today that a memorandum of understanding signed with Iran to end the conflict is "finished", adding that he does not want to talk to Tehran and calling the Iranian leadership "sick people".

Speaking at a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Trump also said he had ordered his Treasury Secretary Scott Besant to cut trade ties with Spain, calling Madrid a "terrible partner" in NATO.

The two announcements overshadowed a summit that European leaders had hoped would be focused on showing unity and support for Ukraine, as well as calming a series of disputes that threatened to tear NATO apart.

The United States has launched new military strikes on Iran and revoked a license allowing Iran to sell oil in response to attacks on three tankers, the latest blow to a fragile ceasefire in a war that is deeply unpopular in Europe.

"That's a very interesting question. As far as I'm concerned, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them," Trump said when asked whether the interim agreement with Iran, which envisioned a long-term peace deal by mid-August, was over. "They're scum. They're sick people. They're run by sick people."

"As far as I'm concerned, talking to them is just a waste of time," he said, according to Reuters.

Washington and Madrid are at odds, after Spain explicitly rejected Trump's demands that European countries sharply increase military spending to pay for their own defense.

"Spain is a lost cause. We don't want any more trade with Spain," Trump said. "By the way, I would like to end that. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don't participate, they don't pay. We don't want anything to do with Spain. End all trade with Spain, including visits."

In response, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's office said it was treating Trump's statements as a matter of course, adding that bilateral relations benefit both countries.