President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was calling off a planned U.S. attack on Iran, which he said was scheduled for Tuesday, at the request of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to allow peace talks to continue. 

The commander-in-chief wrote on his Truth Social platform that the leaders of the three Gulf nations had asked him to hold off because “serious negotiations are now taking place” and they believed that “a deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all countries in the Middle East, and beyond.”

The possible U.S.-Iran deal, Trump said, “will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!”

The president wrote that he had “instructed” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine and the U.S. military “ to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable deal is not reached.”

Axios reported on Monday that Trump is considering restarting military operations in Iran after rejecting Iran’s latest proposal in ongoing peace talks, and the president told the New York Post in an interview earlier in the day that Iranian leaders were aware of “what’s going to be happening soon.” He did not elaborate further, though he noted that he was “not open” to making any concessions in negotiations.

Speaking at an event focused on healthcare affordability at the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump said, “We were getting ready to do a very major attack tomorrow. I’ve put it off for a little while. Hopefully maybe forever, but possibly for a little while because we’ve had very big discussions with Iran.”

“We’ll see what they amount to,” he continued.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) was not optimistic that negotiations would yield any result.

“He’s going to have to go to war at some point, so might as well do it,” Scott told Jewish Insider on Monday evening. “I don’t believe they’re going to come to their senses.”

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who has been urging the president to ignore calls to return to war, said he was glad to see Trump announce that he would not be resuming military strikes.

“Where we’re at now is I think a good place, in terms of the president has said that hostilities are terminated, his word, so that’s good. I hope that we can get to a more definite resolution of the conflict,” Hawley continued.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on X that he had “every confidence” that Trump would “not continue to tolerate a refusal to negotiate in good faith along with Iran’s defiant aggression in the Strait of Hormuz and throughout the region,” and appeared to argue in favor of additional military action now.

“A short but forceful response now would reset the conflict in all the right ways,” Graham said. “When it comes to Iran, it is imperative that we negotiate from a position of strength and dominance. We must finish what we started. I fear continuing negotiations without a forceful response prolongs the conflict, gives our allies doubt and will further embolden the Iranian terrorist regime.”