A BBC reporter has suggested that former US President Donald Trump’s decision to call off planned military strikes against Iran may have been influenced more by his declining popularity among American voters than a genuine desire for peace.<\/p>\n
Mr. Trump had previously stated that he halted plans for new strikes on Iran because a peace deal could be imminent. He claimed that leaders from several Gulf nations had encouraged him to postpone the actions to allow ongoing negotiations to resolve the conflict. This change of heart came shortly after he had warned Tehran that “the clock is ticking”<\/b> for them to agree to a peace deal.<\/p>\n
In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump wrote: “We will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed [US military chiefs] to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment\u2019s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.”<\/b><\/p>\nReporter’s Analysis and Mixed Messages<\/h3>\n
Peter Bowes, BBC North America correspondent, commented on Radio 4\u2019s Today programme, describing Trump\u2019s statement as “somewhat unusual.”<\/b> Bowes noted that the announcement was made on Truth Social before US markets closed. Trump cited requests from Gulf allies, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, to hold off on the attack for “two or three days,”<\/b> believing a deal acceptable to the United States and the wider Middle East would be made.<\/p>\n
Bowes highlighted that such a narrow window for negotiations to yield a deal was notable. He also pointed out that Mr. Trump was sending out “lots of mixed messages”<\/b> regarding the conflict. The reporter suggested that these inconsistencies might be partly driven by the former president’s negative poll ratings. “The latest opinion polls are very negative towards the president, not only in terms of his overall performance, but especially in the way he has conducted this war,”<\/b> Bowes stated, implying a link between political pressure and the decision to defer military action. Mr. Trump also reiterated his consistent demand that any deal must include no nuclear weapons for Iran<\/b>.<\/p>\nQuestions on Negotiation Status<\/h3>\n
The reporter raised questions about the actual status of any ongoing talks, noting that the former president did not provide further details on this front.<\/p>\n
#DonaldTrump #Iran #USPolitics #MiddleEast #ForeignPolicy #BBCNews #TruthSocial #Geopolitics #PeaceDeal #PublicOpinion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A BBC reporter has suggested that former US President Donald Trump’s decision to call off planned military strikes against Iran may have been influenced more by his declining popularity among American voters than a genuine desire for peace. Trump’s Rationale for Halting Strikes Mr. Trump had previously stated that he halted plans for new strikes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}