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        "id": 1750591,
        "msgid": "trumps-flip-flop-war-strategy-draws-irans-plin-plan-label-1779545972",
        "date": "2026-05-20 06:32:26",
        "title": "Trump's Flip-Flop War Strategy Draws Iran's 'Plin-plan' Label",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "US President Donald Trump's wavering approach to threatening Iran drew a label from Tehran as 'plin-plan'. After Gulf leaders pressed for delay, Trump aborted a scheduled strike on Iran on 19 May, while keeping US forces on standby and promising a larger attack if no acceptable deal is reached. Iran's senior figures dismissed the move as inconsistent and warned any new aggression would be met with a powerful response.",
        "content": "<p>US President Donald Trump\u2019s strategy of wavering over war drew\nattention in Iran. Iran branded him as \u2018plin-plan\u2019. According to\ndetikcom\u2019s records, Tuesday 20 May 2026, Trump repeatedly announced\nplans to strike Iran after negotiations over Tehran\u2019s proposed deal hit\na dead end. The intent to strike Iran decisively almost materialised.\nHowever, Trump changed course. He cancelled the plan to attack Iran on\nTuesday 19 May. Trump said he had been urged by the Emir of Qatar,\nSheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman;\nand UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to delay the strike. The\nattack was initially planned for Tuesday. As reported by Al Jazeera, on\nTuesday 19 May, Trump said Gulf leaders had engaged in serious\nnegotiations. Trump claimed the negotiations would be acceptable to the\nUS. \u2018That serious negotiations are ongoing, and that, in their view, as\nLeaders and Great Allies, a deal would be reached that would be very\nacceptable to the United States, and to all countries in the region and\nbeyond,\u2019 Trump said on his Truth Social platform. \u2018The deal would\ninclude, most importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!\u2019 he added. Trump\nsaid he had instructed his subordinates not to carry out a scheduled\nattack on Iran on Tuesday, but he had instructed them further to be\nprepared for a large-scale attack if no acceptable deal is reached.\n\u2018Based on my respect for the leaders named above, I have instructed the\nSecretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of\nStaff, General Daniel Caine; and the United States military, that we\nWILL NOT carry out a scheduled attack on Iran tomorrow (Tuesday), but I\nhave instructed them further to be prepared for a large-scale attack on\nIran, at any time, if an acceptable deal is not reached,\u2019 he said. Iran\nlabels Trump as \u2018Plin-plan\u2019 A senior advisor to the Iranian Supreme\nLeader, Mohsen Rezaei, commented on Trump\u2019s stance, describing him as\ninconsistent. Rezaei stressed Tehran would force Washington to retreat\nand surrender. Speaking after Trump announced he had cancelled a\nlarge-scale attack following Gulf outreach, Rezaei, a former commander\nof the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), told Press TV on\nTuesday 19 May 2026 that Washington\u2019s approach was inconsistent and\ncowardly. In a post on X on Monday night (18 May), Rezaei said that\nTrump \u2018set a deadline for a military strike and then cancelled it\nhimself, in vain hope of forcing the nation and Iranian officials to\nsurrender.\u2019 \u2018A robust military power and the great Iranian nation will\nforce them to retreat and surrender,\u2019 he added. Iranian commander: Any\nnew aggression by the US or its allies will be met with \u2018extraordinary\u2019\nretaliation Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of the operational\ncommand unit within Iran\u2019s top headquarters, Khatam al-Anbiya, said in a\nseparate statement that any new aggression by the US or its allies would\nbe answered with extraordinary force. \u2018We tell America and its allies:\ndo not make another strategic misstep or miscalculation,\u2019 he said. \u2018They\nshould know that any new aggression or invasion by the enemies of our\nhomeland and our proud nation will be met with a rapid, firm, powerful,\nand wide-ranging response,\u2019 Abdollahi declared. He warned that if the\nadversaries again erred, they would face Tehran\u2019s power far greater than\nthe ongoing conflict. \u2018We will defend the rights of the Iranian people\nwith all our might and cut off the hands of any aggressor,\u2019 Abdollahi\nconcluded.<\/p>",
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