Trump Presses Pause on Resumption of Military Action Against Iran

President Trump on Monday afternoon:

I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 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. This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN! 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, but have further instructed them 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 (Truth).

‘I was asked by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, some others, if we could put it off for 2 or 3 days’ — Trump on Iran attack

‘We were getting ready to do a very major attack tomorrow’

‘I’ve put it off for a little while. Hopefully, maybe forever, but possibly, for a little while’ https://t.co/svUgmmKwlx pic.twitter.com/3N3lGHFaTh

— Donald J Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) May 18, 2026

This is an enormous mistake.

Any arrangement that allows elements of the current regime of murderous monsters to survive will guarantee that America and the West will have to confront a nuclear armed Iran in the not too distant future.

Currently, we have severely weakened the regime with brutally devastating attacks but its apocalyptic ideology remains intact. Therein lies the rub. Their ideology is an incubator of violence and war. (Paul Schnee)

I hope this is some diversion strategy.

BREAKING: President Trump says he has called off a US “Military attack” on Iran which was scheduled for tomorrow after leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE called him and asked him to “hold off.”

Trump has instructed the US Military to “be prepared to go forward with a… pic.twitter.com/OQbBYuEP5u

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 18, 2026

Iran rejected the new US framework that conditions ending the war on Iran delivering 400kg of enriched uranium to the US, limiting Iran to one nuclear facility, and withholding 25% of Iran’s frozen assets, per Tasnim.

Iran demands full return of frozen funds, US war compensation and an end to the war before even discussing nuclear. The US refuses to end the war until Iran discusses nuclear.