Why do you think Trump changed his mind over the strike on Iran?

[Spendulus]

I think that his many war-hawk neocon advisors basically ordered the airstrike for him, but he realized that it was insane and called it back. From reporting about the inside of the Administration, I get the sense that everyone is just doing whatever they want, often ignoring what Trump says, and Trump himself is a pretty weak force on most issues. I'm glad that he pushed back on this one, but I still see the machine of war moving constantly in the direction of Iran.

I honestly think Trump does not want any kind of war with anyone. He tried to be friends with kim jong, with putin, stopped the iran thing too.

Right, but Iran knows that and can take advantage of it. The little dog nipping at the elephant, sort of.

But there are a lot of ways to "get even." The more interesting of those the public never hears about.

The out in the open, transparently stupid game Iran is playing isn't going to work to their advantage.

[Daniel91]

It's very simple, really.
Trump is very unpredictable and emotional.
He has no firm stand on anything and the most important thing for him is that others praise and glorify him.
That is why it is impossible to know what has ultimately prevailed in his decision on Iran.

[squatz1]

I don't believe that he ever intended that there would be a strike. The consequences such as higher oil prices, and a rising death toll meant that it was a bad political play. I think he understood this from the beginning, and he used it to test his so-called advisers and aids, and to help discover who was leaking information. He has also used it to help maintain his image as a kind and compassionate man.

Well Jet Cash we have found one thing that we agree on.

I know the official reason from the WH was that Trump had looked at the death toll and said it would be too many for one unmanned drone, which I could see some truth for.

Though I do really do think that this was done as a political play as Trump said he wouldn't get involved in more foreign wars and WOULD pull us out of nations. We'll see I guess.

[TheCoinGrabber]

Still haven't bombed Iran after that whole brouhaha on the Gulf. I don't think the US is at a state where it will wage an additional war. They're already stretched.

Of course he's expected to make a denouncement and that's what he did.

When enough messages are sent like this one, the nations will become lax after a while. Then it will be safer to "strike" them.

[QuadeBarrier]

Sure he gets a bad rap. But unlike the career politicians that desire power, I don't think trump has sadistic tendencies. The potential loss of life affected him.

[darklus123]

Upon doing some research I found an article that might answer the question.

 -First reason was that Trump said that there might be someone stupid who made the decision of taking down their drone and was not directly ordered by the Iranian government.

- Second reason is that Trump doesn't want to have a casualties on the side of the Iranian forces because of the reason that their "unmanned" drone was shutdown. 150 people might die for there strike so Trump decided to just cancel it.


There are still other reasons here is the reference
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hayesbrown/why-did-trump-pull-back-from-bombing-iran-it-depends-on-who

[TimeBits]

It was a bluff.