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President Trump stated that he will not order military strikes on Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, despite previous threats to escalate the conflict. This announcement comes as U.S. officials have dispatched additional military resources to the region, including a third aircraft carrier expected to arrive by late October. The president also noted that there are ongoing "productive discussions" with Iran, though details of these negotiations remain unclear.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will not order military strikes against Iran before the November 3 midterm elections. Despite previous threats and ongoing tensions, Trump stated that the U.S. would maintain its blockade of Iran but avoid military action prior to the vote. He claimed that discussions with Iran were productive, and asserted that Iran was in poor economic and military condition. However, a Reuters/Ipsos survey showed that only about a third of Americans approved of recent strikes on Iran, indicating political sensitivity around continued conflict. Trump's statement boosted stock markets but did not specify what would happen after the election or verify his claim that 22 million barrels of oil moved through the Strait of Hormuz without any coming from or going to Iran.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections in the United States.
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Trump, while stumping for Republicans this week, has hinted that was confident that at endgame to the war cold come in the days before or after the election, while also hinting that he remained open to resuming full-scale military operations against Iran.
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he → stump → Iran
For weeks, Trump has been threatening that a post-midterm election escalation in the seven-month-old war remains a viable option, despite his initial promises to Americans of a military campaign that would last a matter of weeks.
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But Trump in a social media post on Thursday said the U.S. “will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd.”
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Trump added that his team has been “having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
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Negotiations had appeared at a standstill since Trump late last month publicly rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. met certain conditions.
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Iran, however, said last week they had received a U.S. counterproposal.
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And Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday said he expected Tehran would offer a formal reply within days.
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Trump’s post comes as the military has dispatched more resources to the region.
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U.S. officials have said a third aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and thousands of troops aboard it and accompanying ships could arrive as early as the end of October.
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FBI arrests man, 18, in alleged Mall of America mass shooting plot for ISIS
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Cost of medicines from Canada set to soar for millions of Americans
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What we know about the U.S. suspect connected to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting
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Trump’s announcement was made the same day the USS Abraham Lincoln was due to arrive to its home port in San Diego after a record-long deployment in support of the Iran war.
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The USS George Washington, which is usually based in Asia, relieved the Lincoln in August.
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The other aircraft carrier in the Middle East, the USS George H.W. Bush, has been deployed for about six months, but it pulled into Phuket, Thailand, for a port visit several days ago.
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