Donald Trump said on Saturday night that the US would hold off on any new strikes on Iran provided a deal to end the months-long conflict is quickly reached – marking the president’s latest climbdown from extravagant threats to hit the Tehran regime hard.

The Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman called Trump on Saturday to express concerns about his strike plans, it was reported. Trump’s reversal also came after Iran threatened to retaliate decisively against its neighbours in the event of US strikes, while Kuwait reported being hit by Iranian drones on Saturday and two ships were attacked off Oman in the strait of Hormuz.

One source described as having knowledge of the Trump-Mohammed call told Axios that the Saudi crown prince had “urged Trump to de-escalate and refrain from launching the strikes”.

  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    So Trump is threatening to bring “military terror” to Iran if they don’t meet his demands.

    Does that make the US a “terrorist state”?

    Just wondering.

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        Since always. But I read elsewhere that they’ve told US citizens in the general vicinity (neighboring countries) to leave, so if they’re not going to ramp up escalation again, not sure what’s up.