[ President Wimpy Pussy orders military strike then backs down. Putin ordered him to. So he backed down AGAIN. There is a pattern, bluster, threaten then back down after Putin tells him to. ].
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he's open for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump but doesn't expect quick progress on easing tensions with Washington.
The Russian leader also strongly warned the United States against using force on Iran, saying it will trigger a "catastrophe."
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President Trump ordered military strike on Iran, but reversed at last second: Sources
JOSH MARGOLIN, JOHN SANTUCCI and KATHERINE FAULDERS
ABC NewsJune 20, 2019
President Trump ordered military strike on Iran, but reversed at last second: Sources originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Iran late Thursday, but reversed his decision after a plan was already underway, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The sources tell ABC News the president’s reason for changing course was unclear, but the reversal was against the advice of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton.
The plan and reversal was first reported by The New York Times.
A senior level administration source briefed on the plan says it would have escalated the situation quickly had it been carried out. Officials feared the attack could have caused hundreds of civilian casualties.
PHOTO: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the release of the 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, on June 20, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iran shot down a U.S. drone early Thursday, claiming it had flown into the country's airspace. The U.S. government claims it was operating in international airspace.
Trump called Iran's decision to shoot down the drone "loose and stupid" when speaking to the press following a discussion with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The comments came following a morning meeting with his top national security advisers over the downing of what the U.S. military said was an unarmed and unmanned U.S. RQ-4A Global Hawk drone flying over the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Shortly before, Trump had tweeted that "Iran made a very big mistake" after a top Iranian commander warned Iran was "ready for war."
Top politicians from the Senate and House, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, met with administration officials over the downed drone Thursday afternoon.
"The president may not intend to go to war here, but we're worried that he and the administration may bumble into a war," Schumer said.
PHOTO: President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Pelosi called it a "dangerous situation" and cautioned the president that the U.S. "cannot be reckless in what we do."
Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, offered a strongly worded threat to the U.S. after the drone was downed.
"Shooting down the American spy drone had a clear, decisive, firm and accurate message," he said, translated from Farsi. "The message is that the guardians of the borders of Islamic Iran will decisively respond to the violation of any stranger to this land. The only solution for the enemies is to respect the territorial integrity and national interests of Iran."
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