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Trump says Iran ceasefire may end if no deal reached by Wednesday

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight aboard Air Force One, April 17 (local time), while enroute to Joint Base Andrews, Md. AP-Yonhap

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight aboard Air Force One, April 17 (local time), while enroute to Joint Base Andrews, Md. AP-Yonhap

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he may end the ceasefire with Iran unless a long-term deal to end the war is agreed by Wednesday.

"Maybe I won't extend it, but the blockade (on Iranian ports) is going to remain," Trump told reporters on Air Force One on his way back to Washington from Phoenix, Arizona. "So you have a blockade, and unfortunately we have to start dropping bombs again."