Trump backs away from further military confrontation with Iran
‘Iran appears to be standing down,’ Trump said, in an uncharacteristically sober speech following rising tensions between US and Iran
Donald Trump backed away from further military confrontation with Iran on Wednesday, saying Tehran appeared to be standing down following a missile attack on two Iraqi bases hosting US troops.
Flanked by the vice-president, Mike Pence, defense secretary Mark Esper, and other high ranking military officials in uniform, Trump delivered remarks in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Wednesday morning, hours after Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at Iraqi bases, declaring the attack to be retaliation for the US drone strike last week that killed senior Iranian Gen Qassem Suleimani.