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Trump says he’s called off an attack on Iran to give talks more time

The president said he postponed a planned strike at the urging of Middle Eastern leaders.

"We will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. (Eric Lee/Pool/FTWP)

President Donald Trump said Monday that he had tentatively called off plans for the United States military to attack Iran after the heads of three countries in the Middle East asked him to give negotiations more time.