Thursday night, at the last minute, Trump called off three strikes on Iran.
Friday morning, Trump explained why he called off the strikes. As he tells it, he reasoned that the potential casualty rate would be too high, that the response was not proportionate to having a drone struck down, and that the US would continue to pursue sanctions as a means of cracking down, at least for the time being.
In his own words:
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