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US President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he would miss his son’s wedding, insisting he had to stay in Washington because of “circumstances pertaining to government.”
Trump had said a day earlier that the Iran war made it “bad timing” for him to attend Donald Trump Jr’s wedding to Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas this weekend.
“While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,” Trump said on his Truth Social network.
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“I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina!”
The White House later announced changed travel plans for Trump, saying he would no longer head for planned weekend trip to his New Jersey golf resort and would stay in the US capital instead.
Trump didn’t specify why it was an “important period” although it comes as talks to end the Middle East war appear to be reaching a crunch point.
Iran is examining a new US proposal and the powerful army chief of mediator Pakistan is heading to Tehran.
But tensions are also rising with Cuba, with the United States ramping up its pressure campaign on the communist-run island by indicting former president Raul Castro.
The US military has also dispatched an aircraft carrier and its escort warships to the Caribbean.
United States President, Donald Trump, has decided to hold off on attacking Iran again at the request of leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Trump disclosed this in a post on his Truth Social media account on Monday.
According to him, the strike was scheduled for Tuesday, but he was asked to hold off because serious negotiations are now taking place between the US and countries in the Middle East, and beyond.
The US leader noted that the request came from Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
“This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!” Trump said, adding that he instructed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, along with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, and others to hold off on the attack.
“But have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large -scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached,” he said.
This is coming less than 24 hours after Trump warned that the “clock is ticking” for a deal to be made between the US and Iran, but so far, negotiations have been at a standstill for weeks since a ceasefire was implemented.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards threatened Saturday to target US sites if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported, as Washington continued to wait for Tehran’s response to its latest negotiating position.
“Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships,” it said, a day after US strikes on two Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
US President Donald Trump had said on Friday he was expecting Iran’s answer to Washington’s latest proposal for a peace deal “supposedly tonight”.
