President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal with Iran is “imminent” and negotiations will begin Monday afternoon over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear program, one day after he called off what he described as a potentially massive U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the United States had been prepared to launch the attack Sunday before Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Iran urged him to hold off to allow diplomacy another chance.
“We were all set to go, just about at this time right now, and it would have been a massive attack,” Trump said. “But...
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