In a Truth Social post yesterday afternoon, President Trump said the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates asked him to cancel the bombing campaign scheduled for today and head back to the negotiating table:
"I have been asked … to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond," he posted Monday afternoon.
"Based on my respect for the above mentioned Leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow," the president continued.
Military analyst Robert Maginnis, a retired Army officer, says Iran will again offer concessions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz and limiting their nuclear program.
"I think there will be enough on the plate that will cause us to probably not go in and destroy, utterly, their electrical grid and all their bridges," he tells AFN.
He says a bombing campaign alone would not bring the Iranian leadership to its knees; cutting off the electricity and dropping all the bridges would certainly make life miserable, "but the people that will be miserable won't be the people in charge."
In his Truth Social post President Trump once again reiterated that "this Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN."
Maginnis thinks that is unlikely, but in the end, that is really the only promise that matters.
"How Trump's going to convince the world that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, it's going to be tough," he asserts. "Trump has to figure out how to do that in order to not only calm the energy markets, but to prepare the American people for an election that he hopes will be in the Republicans' favor."
Trump has instructed the U.S. military "to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable deal is not reached."
