Trump tells advisers he may hold off on Iran attacks barring new provocations: Report
Trump is weighing restraint after advisers and regional allies urged him to avoid another military escalation, while U.S. forces remain ready to strike.
- President Donald Trump has indicated he may hold off on attacking Iran if the United States faces no new provocations from Tehran or the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.
- The war has hiked global fuel prices and proven unpopular with voters, who handed control of Congress to the Democrats in last week's midterm elections following a 55% disapproval rating.
- Military officials are moving a third aircraft carrier into the Middle East, while Trump has been briefed on weapon stockpiles that have drawn down to worrying levels recently.
- In phone calls over the past two weeks, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Trump not to resume attacks on the Iranian regime.
- Trump has alternated between threats of escalating the war and winding down hostilities, and current officials say he does not appear to have made up his mind on resolving the conflict.
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برس بيIn recent days, US President Donald Trump has informed his senior advisers that he would refrain from attacking Iran if the US did not face any new provocations from Tehran or its allied Houthis in Yemen, according to three well-informed sources. Trump fluctuates between the threat of escalation of the war and the reduction of hostilities, and current and former officials say that he has apparently not decided how to end the unpopular war in his…
POLITICS: Gulf Allies Pushed Trump to Hold Off on Wider Iran Strikes, President Says – The Beltway Report
President Trump said this week that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain urged him to give the United States’ economic pressure campaign against Iran more time before considering an expansion of military action against Tehran. In an interview released Thursday with Stephen A. Smith, Trump said the five Gulf governments favored sticking with the current approach as Iran’s economy continues to deteriorate. Asked whethe…
Trump told his senior advisers that he might delay an attack on Iran.
Gulf Allies Pushed Trump to Hold Off on Wider Iran Strikes, President Says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says death threats against him prove the U.S. pressure campaign on Iran is working, while President Trump says Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain urged him to hold off on wider military action.
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