#Trump pulls back on #Iran threats for 2 weeks, subject to Iran agreeing to terms
Trump says that includes an array of #bridges, #PowerPlants & other #civilian targets — subject to Iran being ready for a 2 week ceasefire & to reopen the #StraitOfHormuz.
In a post on his social media site on Tuesday evening, #Trump said #Iran could agree “to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, & SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz” & said that he’d then “suspend the bombing & attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”
Since the #war began in February, Trump has set a series of deadlines threatening escalation of the conflict, only to backoff just before they expire.
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#Trump added in his social media post that #Iran has presented “a workable basis on which to negotiate.”
“Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated,” Trump said in the post.
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Trump’s second term has largely been defined by his eagerness to make intimidating threats & then to retreat if any backlash ensues — a phenomenon his critics have derided as “Trump Always Chickens Out,” or #TACO.
#Trump backed off many of the sweeping “Liberation Day” #tariffs he first announced in April 2025 after they caused the financial markets to go haywire.
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#Trump also largely dropped threats to impose high levies on many imported products from #China, #Mexico, the #EU & #Canada — among other trade partners.
Perhaps the most spectacular example came during a January meeting of the WEF in Davos, where Trump insisted that he wanted the US to get #Greenland “including right, title & ownership” only to switch course & abandon his threat to impose widespread #tariffs on #Europe to press his case.
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