Trump names countries that prevented him carrying out 'massive' attack on iran

The president returned from a weekend golf excursion in New Jersey on Sunday and was questioned about his decision to cancel a massive attack on Iran.

While speaking with the press today, a reporter asked Trump the question, saying, “What prompted you to call off the strikes last night?”

Trump responded by saying, “I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, and by Qatar and by Iran.”

“We were all set to go just about at this time, right now,” he continued. “And, it would have been a massive attack.”

“We were all set to go, but when the allies ask to call it off, you’ve got to sort of say, ‘well, let’s see.’ And the reason they ask is they think there’s a deal.”

The U.S. leader explained that, “There’s a deal on Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear — or, you might call it the denuclearization of Iran.”

Another reporter asked the president a question that most Americans are looking for the answer to: “What happens now?”

He replied by saying, “Well, now what we’re doing is we’re talking to them in the form of a negotiation.”

He revealed that he would love to come to a deal, stating that, “It begins tomorrow afternoon. It would save a lot of lives.”

Social media users had other ideas. “Would be wise to just let the Arab allies take over the responsibility entirely for their security. They could also reimburse the U.S. for all of the military costs incurred to date, and the U.S. can extricate itself from this morass,” one user wrote.

Someone else said, “You would think by now, everyone is on the same page and all the concerns… which are extremely obvious and direct would be settled before any action.”

They went on to say, “This just seems amateurish. This entire war.”

According to a Wall Street Journal report that cited senior Gulf officials familiar with the matter, the United Arab Emirates pushed for “more decisive action.”

They state that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will not change its stance unless the U.S. escalates the situation, suggesting options such as Washington seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz and potentially launching a ground invasion.