In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US remained fully prepared for military action but had decided to suspend the planned strike to allow diplomacy to move forward. He said Iran and other countries in the Middle East had urged Washington to delay military action because “the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to.” He reiterated that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remained Washington’s central objective. “They cannot have a nuclear weapon. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, and they can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.