{"id":17000,"date":"2026-08-03T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17000"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:14:24","slug":"trump-frequently-announces-hes-halting-strikes-in-iran-but-they-keep-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17000","title":{"rendered":"Trump frequently announces he\u2019s halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/121.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/121.png 636w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/121-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uff08President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he would halt new planned attacks on Iran pending renewed talks to wind down the war and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the latest in a pattern of announcements the U.S. president has made to first threaten massive strikes and then later call them off. The abrupt shifts have been a defining feature of the five-month conflict that has sent prices of oil and basic goods soaring \u2014 and the announcements to date have been upended by renewed attacks days or even hours afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a look at some of Trump\u2019s past major announcements about pausing strikes against Iran:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>April 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire to end the intense fighting that began on Feb. 28 with Israeli and U.S. attacks. Trump makes the announcement less than two hours before a deadline he had set for Tehran to capitulate or face attacks on bridges and power plants \u2014 strikes he said would mean \u201ca whole civilization will die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>April 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump announces that the U.S. is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran a day before it was to expire. He adds that he has been asked by mediators to hold off on attacks to give Iranian leaders time to come up with additional proposals. The fragile ceasefire lasts until May 8, when the U.S. carried out strikes on Iranian tankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019 Achieves $927M Global Opening, Becomes Second-Highest Earner At Us Box Office With Critical Acclaim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 18<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a weekend of dire threats against Iran, Trump says he is holding off on a major planned military strike because \u201cserious negotiations\u201d were underway. \u201cThere seems to be a very good chance that they can work something out. If we can do that without bombing the hell out of them, I\u2019d be very happy,\u201d he said. By May 27, U.S. strikes were back on after negotiations faltered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 11<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After two days of back-and-forth attacks, Trump threatens further escalation, saying the U.S. would hit Iran \u201cVERY HARD TONIGHT\u201d and take \u201ctotal control\u201d of its oil and gas industries. Then, a few hours later, Trump posts on social media that there had been a breakthrough in negotiations and called off the strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Trump signs an initial agreement with Iran that calls for a permanent end to hostilities and for reopening of the strait, and starts a 60-day negotiating clock to reach a final deal on the future of Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Trump left the door open to abandoning it. \u201cIt\u2019s a memorandum of understanding, and if I don\u2019t like it, we\u2019ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>July 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>After Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the strait, Trump launches new strikes on Iran while he is in Ankara, Turkey, attending the NATO leaders\u2019 summit. Later, he renews his threat to \u201cjust finish the job\u201d on Iran after saying he believes the ceasefire is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>July 27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Trump says he has paused two weeks of intense, daily U.S. strikes on Iran to give negotiations another chance. During 13 days of strikes, the U.S. military had targeted key military and commercial sites as clashes continued to escalate over shipping routes. In response, Iran had launched missiles and drones across the Middle East at countries that host U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aug. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>After telling reporters the U.S. would hit Iran \u201cvery hard,\u201d Trump says on social media that he has canceled planned strikes, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the war, including a reopening of the strait. \u201cBased on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,\u201d Trump said. In response, Iran\u2019s defense minister said that the country was \u201cneither surprised nor passive\u201d following Trump\u2019s announcement and said Iran continues to remain alert in the face of threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\uff08President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.\uff09 President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he would halt new planned attacks on Iran pending renewed talks to wind down the war [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1724,61],"class_list":["post-17000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump frequently announces he\u2019s halting strikes in Iran. 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