TACO chickened out of his 48 hour deadline he issued to the Iranians.
President Trump said he would postpone a deadline for striking Iran’s energy infrastructure after “productive” talks to resolve hostilities. Iranian state media said he was “backing down” after threats of retaliation.
Tasnim, the semiofficial Iranian news agency, cited an anonymous senior security offiicial as saying that President Trump backed off his threat to target Iranian infrastructure “after Iran’s military threats became credible.”
The report added that the official contradicted Trump’s claim that the countries had held “productive conversations” to end the conflict.
“From the beginning of the war until today, messages have been sent to Tehran by some mediators, and the clear response has been that we will continue our defense until the necessary level of deterrence is achieved,” the official said. “There have been no negotiations and there are none underway.”
