Trump Leaves Iran, Allies Uneasy Even After Stopping Airstrike
- Planned action called off by Trump was to have limited targets
- France’s Macron calls for both sides to ‘avoid escalation’
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President Donald Trump said he called off retaliatory strikes on three Iranian sites following the downing of a U.S. Navy drone because the action wouldn’t have been “proportionate.”
“We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General,” Trump tweeted Friday. “10 minutes before the strike I stopped it.”