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Posted on 03/26/2026 2:55:32 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump announced Thursday afternoon a ten-day pause in his threat to order strikes against Iranian energy plants to give more time for the “ongoing” talks to potentially reach a deal.
The strikes against Iran, jointly conducted by the U.S. and Israel, have been controversial. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in one of the strikes and another hit an elementary school, killing at least 175 people, mostly young girls who were students there. Trump denied responsibility but media reports have shown it was a Tomahawk missile that hit the school, a weapon that only the U.S. has, not Iran or Israel. Oil and gas prices spiked after Iran began launching its own strikes against area nations and closed the Strait of Hormuz.
Last Sunday, Trump had warned Iran that it if did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, then the U.S. would begin bombing Iran’s energy plants to “hit and obliterate” them, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!”
Trump’s plan to strike the plants was originally set to expire in 48 hours; he later extended that to Friday.
The president made the announcement about the paused strikes in a post on his Truth Social account, writing:
As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time. Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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He’s talking to an entirely different group of Iranians than is CNN, Reuters and AP.
Yes, Trump is following a perfect plan. Iran is not dealing in reality...but Trump is.
He will keep pushing out the deadline further and further out.
There are no talks. Iran rejected everything.
Not sure why he keeps lying. Obviously trying to fool the public.
You don’t know that. TDS aholes make me sick.
3D chess is what Trump used to play early in his presidential career. Now he makes moves in dimensions we don't even know about. The outcome becomes clear only much later.
Dow off nearly 475 today - but oil down below $95 since
this announcement- he’s trying to not let the economy get too
bent.
Plenty of time to blow up the energy companies infrastructure
Trump gave up on unconditional surrender.
He should have stuck with unconditional surrender.
It’s not over.
If he was going for unconditional surrender he wouldnt be negotiating now. He is trying to find a way out.
Great news! Let’s hope Netanyahu or whoever’s in control of Israel’s military doesn’t go behind his back and attack the energy plants anyway.
🙄
One minute “talks are going great”, next minute “they’re not serious”, next minute “talks are going great”. WTF. Don’t know what’s true anymore.
Very true. 3-D+++ chess.
My guess is the delay is because of the weather.
Crazy storms and tornadoes this weekend. Needs to delay until next weekend.
Timing on announcements is pointed at the time of day for market close.
Iran has been at war with us for 47 years. It is time we ended it.
I never heard President Trump promise “no more regime change”. I heard him promise “no more forever wars”.
Big difference. This war is less than a month long. It should have happened under Reagan or Bush or Clinton or Dubya Bush, but they feared the old dominant media too much.
Trump does not fear the Media, because Conservatives now have a bit of media of their own and can fight back.
Trump will win. Put your money on it.
How 'bout "bombings are going very well" instead?
t was coldly transactional. But it was also coherent in a way that Iraq and Libya never were, because it didn’t require the bad actors to become good people–just to become paid people with a stake in stability rather than chaos. Iran is a far more complex society with far more capable institutions. But the core logic transplants directly.
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