Trump says U.S. will not attack Iran before midterm election

JUST IN: Trump says the US will not attack Iran before November's midterm elections, citing 'productive discussions' with Tehran, a shift from his stance a day earlier as oil prices climb.

Trump just promised not to attack Iran before the midterm election. In writing.

He posted it on Truth Social this afternoon, no attacks at any time prior to the midterms, citing productive discussions with Tehran, and you can watch him say it here. Twenty four hours earlier he was telling reporters he was considering fresh strikes, which helped push Brent crude above a hundred and four dollars.

Here's why the tone changed. Gas is at four dollars thirty six a gallon, up forty percent in a year, and only thirty one percent of Americans back military action against Iran. Republican candidates in tight races are running away from this war, and voters are already casting ballots.

So read the statement carefully. The blockade stays, a third carrier is heading to the region, and the promise expires on November third. He didn't rule out war. He scheduled it around an election.

This is Kateryna Kovalenko, reporting for HIT.