The world was surprised on Friday when Israel launched a coordinated series of preemptive airstrikes against Iran's nuclear facilities and other critical infrastructure and military targets, which predictably prompted retaliatory Iranian ballistic missiles and drone attacks against key targets in Israel.

Adding to that shock on Saturday was an announcement from President Donald Trump that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that the suddenly hot conflict between bitter enemies Israel and Iran must end swiftly, according to Sky News.

That revelation came with a pointed reminder that Trump is still working on negotiating an end to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war while simultaneously attempting to find a diplomatic solution to the problem of Iran's nuclear ambitions, among countless other pressing issues.

Trump and Putin are in agreement

Saturday afternoon, as President Trump prepared to attend a joint celebration in Washington D.C. of the U.S. Army's 250th birthday as well as his own 79th, he posted on Truth Social, "President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well."

"We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week," the president continued of the discussion with his Russian counterpart. "He is doing the planned prisoner swaps -- large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides."

Trump added, "The call lasted approximately 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end."

A warning for Iran

Sky News reported that the U.S. and Iran were supposed to hold another round of talks on a new nuclear agreement on Sunday, but that scheduled meeting was canceled by Iran amid accusations that the U.S. supported and assisted the Israeli strikes against the Islamist regime.

In light of that blame for the U.S. and threats of retaliation, President Trump said in a Saturday night post, "The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight."

"If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," he added. "However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!"

Time to make a deal

President Trump returned to the issue of ending the Israel-Iran conflict on Sunday morning when he posted separately, "Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP!"

Aside from the recent skirmish between India and Pakistan that he helped halt, Trump also referenced other examples of successful diplomatic intervention on his part to end tense military conflicts, including in his first term between Kosovo and Serbia, as well as between Egypt and Ethiopia.

"There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way!" he added. "Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place. I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!"

Trump doesn't want the U.S. militarily involved

To be sure, it is entirely unclear if this new conflict between Israel and Iran will be temporary and remain limited in terms of the combatants, or if it will be extended and broadened to include other nations in the region and around the globe.

That said, President Trump has made it abundantly clear that he wants the conflict to end rapidly and that, aside from justifiable defensive or retaliatory acts, he has no desire to get the U.S. militarily involved in the melee.