Pres. Trump delays planned Iran offensive
Trump tells reporters he listened to allies asking for time for talks
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Tuesday, President Donald Trump told reporters why he held off on resuming military operations against Iran.
He postponed a major U.S. attack on Iran in order give more time for diplomacy. But the president maintains, his goal has not changed— Iran he says must not have a nuclear weapon.
Speaking to reporters at the construction site of his planned White House ballroom - the president said he was prepared as recently as yesterday to resume military operations against Iran.
“I was an hour away from making the decision to go today, and we would probably not be talking about a beautiful ballroom today. We’d be talking about that. And, no, I we were I had made the decision. So they called up. They had heard I made the decision easier. Could you give us a couple of more days because we think they’re being reasonable, Mr. President.”
The president indicated that he’s willing to talk with Iran into early next week. The president says as part of any deal Iran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz and it must give up its nuclear weapons program.
“We can’t let them have a new nuclear weapon. If they had a nuclear weapon, they would start with Israel. They would blow it up and they would blow it up fast, but they’d blow it up. And I’ll tell you what, they go after Saudi Arabia, they go after Kuwait, they go after UAE, they go after Qatar, they go after I think they go after the entire Middle East. And it would be a whole different negotiation. It would be nuclear holocaust.”
Should diplomacy fail, the President has ordered the Pentagon to carry out a full-scale assault of Iran. An Iranian Army spokesman warned on Tuesday that any renewed attack would prompt Iran to open what it called “new fronts” using “new tools and methods.”
Late Tuesday, for the first time, the Senate advanced a measure to force President Donald Trump to immediately end the military operations against Iran. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) joined fellow Repubicans, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, in the war powers resolution, with a final tally of 50 in favor, 47 opposed.
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