Politics
Trump Holds Off on Iran Strikes, Then Says He Won't Yield to Political Violence
The New York Times reported on July 25 that President Trump would hold off, at least for now, on a large-scale military strike against Iran, with one cited reason being that US air-defense munitions in the Middle East had fallen to dangerous levels. Japanese boards read the weekend timing as a play on Monday's markets rather than a military decision. A separate remark at a rescheduled press dinner—that he would not yield to political violence—was met with pointed reminders of who orders the bombing.