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U.S. President Donald Trump paused aggression toward Iran due to concerns from the U.S. military and Vice President J.D. Vance, specifically regarding the potential exhaustion of ammunition, according to reports from U.S. media this Sunday.
Trump suspended airstrikes this weekend after hearing warnings from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, who cautioned that escalating the conflict with Iran would leave the U.S. military without defenses such as missile interceptors, according to a report by The New York Times.
The warnings, according to CNN, were also shared by Vice President J.D. Vance during a meeting with his cabinet that Trump convened at the White House last Friday, when the president expressed that he was weighing a "massive attack" against Iran while simultaneously asserting that U.S. officials are negotiating with the Iranians.
This adds to a note from Axios, which pointed out on Saturday that the president ordered U.S. Armed Forces not to carry out new attacks on Friday, following nearly two weeks of daily aggression, to "give more space for diplomacy."
In light of these reports, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz asserted this Sunday that "the president has all options on the table," in addition to responding to questions regarding the alleged rationing of weapons and defense equipment at the Pentagon.
"The United States military, and I have verified this by every possible means, has everything necessary to execute this campaign with the necessary effectiveness. And I just have to tell you that the people who are leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail," Waltz noted on NBC.
The news comes after two weeks of intensified warfare between the United States and Iran, following Trump's termination of the memorandum of understanding he signed in June to pause the aggressions, which began on February 28.
However, in the last two nights, the U.S. military has not reported new attacks after nearly 14 consecutive days of bombing Iran.
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