‘I am in no hurry,’ says Donald Trump after halting retaliatory strike against Iran
Trump said he stopped a military strike because such a response to Iran's downing of a US drone would have caused a disproportionate loss of life
21 June 2019 - 16:41
Washington — US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had aborted a military strike on Iran because such a response to Tehran's downing of an unpiloted US surveillance drone would have caused a disproportionate loss of life.
In a series of early morning tweets, Trump said US economic sanctions against Iran were having an effect and more were imposed late on Thursday following the destruction of the US drone by an Iranian surface-to-air missile...
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