Posted on 05/18/2026 12:31:32 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that at the request of Arab leaders, he’s cancelled an attack on Iran that had been scheduled to take place the next day.
“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,” wrote the president in a post on Truth Social. “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,” he continued before concluding with his customary appreciation for the public’s “attention to this matter!”
The United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in early April that was initially supposed to last only two weeks, but has held for over a month despite the occasional outbreak of hostilities.
Trump has repeatedly warned Iran that it must accede to his terms for a lasting peace agreement or face grave consequences before extending the deadline for negotiations.
On Sunday, Trump declared that “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!” in a Truth Social post that struck a very different chord than his announcement of yet another extension the following day.
Axios’s Barak Ravid reported earlier on Monday that the U.S. had rejected the Iranians’ latest offer.
“U.S. officials say President Trump wants a deal to end the war, but is considering resuming it due to Iran’s rejection of many of his demands and refusal to make meaningful concessions on its nuclear program,” wrote Ravid about the state of play. A senior U.S. official told him, “We are really not making a lot of progress. We are at a very serious place today. The pressure is on them [the Iranians] to be responsive in the right way.”
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Jim
Why is it that Trump supporters lack basic reasoning skills?
Iran is a BLACK SITE.
A proxy military for the cabal.
Do the math.
Trump’s doing the bidding if Muslims! He’s under control of the Muslims!
Iran is a proxy government for the global crime syndicate.
They’ve been killing our troops for 47 years.
You should really avoid conflating the will of God and his power with the folly of the free choice of man. The two just don’t mix.
God never has always bailed man out for all the stuff he has screwed up when he was told to do differently. Bear in mind the root of this whole Muslim / Christian / Jew thing is because two people just couldn’t wait on God’s plan and Ishmael was born to a handmaid by Abraham. Add in that the nation of Israel didn’t wipe out all the people and assets of Canaan when they were told to. They even got several chances to make that mistake right and didn’t. They are still suffering the consequence of that greed and stupidity.
All the faith in the world in God will still leave you starving in the cold and dark if you wander astray and don’t stick to your own business.
This is very significant. But do I think Trump will get credit for it? No.
Your comment appears to be a satire of the low IQ anti-Trumpers.
That one made me laugh. Pull your head out of the sand. You are so far behind the event I and the next ten peiple don’t have time to catch you up.
You’d better get right with God before you start using him like that.
Well, since you mentioned math,,,,,I do remember Trump’s math,,,,when he stated the Iran operation would be “4 to 6 weeks, maybe less”…. I submit his math has been off just a bit so far (with no end in sight).
They sound bad, did we ever sell them weapons in those 47 years?
yes it was aimed at them!
No, I am very careful about who I trust. First they have to prove they are trustworthy and after that maintain their trustworthiness. You can get in the circle but once thrown out can’t get back in.
I sure hope you aren’t very old and are still learning so there may still be time for you to wise up.
Goal post keeps moving every time.
You’d better trust God instead of trusting the global crime syndicate.
The deep state cabal is in control of selling weapons.
We should go to war with them then. Wouldn’t keeping the deep state in power undermine any foreign adventures?
So who is it that Trump is now working for in letting the IRGC et all continue day by day by day stringing him along when he surely knows he is being played? Certainly not the best interest of Americans at this point. That point was passed on April 7.
I know these are long sentences but you may be able to break them down to understand and abandon your childlike faith in someone who does not deserve it now.
Have you been taking speech lessons from Kamala? Sounds like her word salad.
Try to make sense.
The war against Iran is a war against the deep state cabal.
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