Late Thursday night, The New York Times published an anonymously sourced report that sent shockwaves through the nation: the president reportedly approved a strike on Iran in retaliation for the terror-sponsoring state downing a U.S. surveillance drone but then pulled back mid-strike. “Planes were in the air and ships were in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down, the official said,” the Times reported. The Associated Press has since reported that the U.S. “abruptly called off preparations for a military strike against Iran.”
Friday morning, Trump issued his first public statement about Iran since the reports. In a series of tweets, Trump took aim at the Obama administration’s “terrible deal with Iran,” defended his decision to pull out of Obama’s much-maligned Iran deal, and explained his rationale for pulling back on the strike.
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