{"id":4238,"date":"2026-07-26T04:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4238"},"modified":"2026-07-26T04:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:42:04","slug":"trump-pulls-back-after-iran-crosses-his-red-line-as-u-s-military-breaks-two-week-streak-of-airstrikes-amid-talks-for-potential-hormuz-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4238","title":{"rendered":"Trump pulls back after Iran crosses his red line as U.S. military breaks two-week streak of airstrikes amid talks for potential Hormuz deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Friday came and went without an announcement from U.S. Central Command about a new attack, breaking a nearly two-week streak.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4236\">France deploys giant military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as European wildfires displace more than 250,000<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources told Axios that Trump received plans from the military yesterday to conduct strikes in Iran but didn\u2019t give a green light and instead ordered them to hold off. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. forces are still preparing for major combat operations to potentially resume, but Trump hasn\u2019t issued orders to move in that direction, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>The White House didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. military retaliated against Iran for last week\u2019s troop deaths with more airstrikes, they remained well short of the widespread campaign early in the war.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Trump has indicated diplomacy is ongoing and signaled that he prefers talks to more fighting, despite reports that he\u2019s lost patience with the Islamic Republic and was in \u201crevenge mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He told reporters on Friday that he retains the option to continue strikes, go bigger by \u201cknocking out everything they have,\u201d or pursue a \u201csmarter strategy\u201d of making a deal, insisting that Iran wants the latter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to make a deal. I just don\u2019t think they\u2019re ready yet, but they do want to make a deal. Sometimes they don\u2019t want to say they want to make a deal. They want to be the tough guys,\u201d Trump said, adding that both sides are currently negotiating.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lull in fighting comes despite the fresh U.S. casualties as well as Iran\u2019s attacks on commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, including on ships using a route near Oman\u2019s coast defended by Central Command.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s essentially closed off the narrow waterway again, cutting off oil supplies to global markets and sending crude prices higher.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Omani officials traveled to Tehran on Friday for talks on a new arrangement that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Sources told Axios that negotiations have made progress, adding that an Oman-Iran agreement could be reached over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>If another Hormuz deal is announced, this time without U.S. participation, then Trump would likely have to choose whether to go along with it or denounce it. But Tehran has demanded it has authority over the strait and seeks to impose fees on passing ships.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4234\">U.S. military suddenly goes silent on Iran airstrikes while Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia exchange attacks in battle over Red Sea shipping<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still possible full-blown war comes back. The U.S. surged special operations troops, bombers, fighter jets, and medics to the Middle East over the past week, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But the daily U.S. bombardment on Iran over the last two weeks also did little to change Iran\u2019s tactics, which included lashing out at its neighbors in the Persian Gulf with missiles and drones\u2014targeting U.S. bases in the region.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, more countries are fighting Iran or its proxies, representing further escalation as the conflict draws in more combatants. <\/p>\n<p>Bahrain and Kuwait secretly sent fighter jets to bomb\u00a0Iran, marking their first such attacks, sources told the <em>Journal<\/em>. That\u2019s after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates attacked Iran earlier in the war.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is also fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have vowed to\u00a0close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Houthis hit two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea this week, prompting Saudi Arabia to strike the Yemeni port city of Hodeida.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is another vital shipping chokepoint, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. <\/p>\n<p>The prospect of a Red Sea standoff adding to the one in the Persian Gulf and the Black Sea, where Ukrainian attacks have hit Russian fuel tankers, has further inflamed energy markets, dragging down stocks and bonds in the process.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oil market expert Rory Johnston wrote in a post on X on Friday that Trump may simply bail on the Iran war and \u201cleave everyone else with the mess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuestion is at what level of market stress\u2014crude\/pump price, equity market rout, etc.\u2014will force Trump to do so?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4232\">SpaceX\u2019s Starship V3 deploys most advanced Starlink satellites then pulls off best re-entry yet with splashdown so soft it floated in the Indian Ocean<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They want to make a deal. 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