New Round of Trump Threats and Pullbacks Raises Uncertainty in Mideast

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Analysts and lawmakers are trying to divine whether Mr. Trump’s latest announcement means negotiations with Iran will truly get underway Monday or if the president is just working through unappealing options.
President Trump headed into the weekend having vowed that U.S. forces would unleash a furious new round of attacks against Iran, saying that the military would be “hitting them very hard.” By Saturday night, Mr. Trump said that the military was still “locked and loaded” to carry out the strikes, but that he had decided to call them off.




















“I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by U.A.E., by Qatar and by Iran,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Sunday evening aboard Air Force One on his way back to Washington from his golf club in New Jersey. “We were all set to go. Just about at this time, right now. The reason they asked is they think there’s a deal.”
 
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