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BumRushDaShow

(172,926 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 01:50 PM 12 hrs ago

Trump says he has called off latest threats to strike Iran

Source: AP

Updated 1:56 PM EDT, June 11, 2026


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war by seizing control of the country’s oil industry.

Trump said in a social media post that he made the move “based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.” The announcement came after two days of back-and-forth attacks between the U.S. and Iran had threatened pushed the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war.

Just hours after Trump posted on social media that the U.S. would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT” and take “total control” of Iran’s oil and gas industries, the president was suggesting that progress has been made in talks to extend the fragile ceasefire.

He wrote that “discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail,” approved by United States, Israel, and other regional allies. He did not offer details. Trump on multiple occasions over the last several weeks has claimed that the warring parties have been on the cusp of a deal without anything coming to fruition.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-ceasefire-hezbollah-israel-11-june-2026-3c2c6d356a1e25b4d7edf66b2edba57d



Article updated.

Original article -

Updated 1:41 PM EDT, June 11, 2026


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war.

The president said in a social media post that he made the move “based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.”

Trump also suggested that progress has been made in talks to extend the fragile ceasefire, writing that “discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail,” approved by United States, Israel, and other regional allies. He did not offer details.

Trump on multiple occasions over the last several weeks has claimed that the warring parties have been on the cusp of a deal without anything coming to fruition.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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Trump says he has called off latest threats to strike Iran (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
What time is it, boys and girls!? Ray Bruns 12 hrs ago #1
Pump and dump time Miguelito Loveless 11 hrs ago #12
No attack, no deal, no talks, no victory. Only trump lining his pockets again Torchlight 12 hrs ago #2
So we probably pay $100B and get a pinky promise about nukes nuxvomica 12 hrs ago #3
Because their using the situation room for secret meet ups to cover up Epstein Bengus81 12 hrs ago #4
He's a psycho. City Lights 12 hrs ago #5
Such a strong leader. CivicGrief 12 hrs ago #6
Yes, a peace deal is imminent! Again! Fil1957 12 hrs ago #7
Stock market may buy it, but betting markets aren't pat_k 12 hrs ago #8
Is this Tuesday? mdbl 11 hrs ago #9
Yeah that is what is confusing BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #10
TACO Thirsday IbogaProject 8 hrs ago #15
This war will continue for the remainder of his term BWdem4life 11 hrs ago #11
Future Wikipedia entries on the Child Rapist admin Miguelito Loveless 11 hrs ago #13
Apparently, any day that ends in Y is a TACO day. C_U_L8R 11 hrs ago #14

Torchlight

(7,136 posts)
2. No attack, no deal, no talks, no victory. Only trump lining his pockets again
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:04 PM
12 hrs ago

at the expense of 250 years of tradition and sacrifice. The craven war profiteer who tells his voters sedition is patriotic, asking only for their money as he waddles upstairs to take another nap.

nuxvomica

(14,344 posts)
3. So we probably pay $100B and get a pinky promise about nukes
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:05 PM
12 hrs ago

Fine with me because we shouldn't have a war going on during a succession.

Bengus81

(10,463 posts)
4. Because their using the situation room for secret meet ups to cover up Epstein
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:07 PM
12 hrs ago

No time to monitor bombings,we gotta kill this Epstein thingy

CivicGrief

(364 posts)
6. Such a strong leader.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:13 PM
12 hrs ago

Did the Iranian leadership call him sir with tears in their eyes and claim he is the dreamiest man to walk the earth? It’s totally ridiculous.

pat_k

(14,278 posts)
8. Stock market may buy it, but betting markets aren't
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:37 PM
12 hrs ago
https://kalshi.com/markets/kxusairanagreement/us-iran-nuclear-deal/kxusairanagreement-27



Seems to me folks are relatively bullish on before 2028 because they figure by then he will have either died or been removed so J.D. could make the humiliating deal he will never make.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,993 posts)
13. Future Wikipedia entries on the Child Rapist admin
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 03:22 PM
11 hrs ago

can be a single sentence:

"No details provided."

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