Miami .- United States President Donald Trump “has all options on the table” to decide the next step in the war in Iran, including further military actions, warned the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, this Sunday.
“The president has all options on the table. And he is exercising the diplomatic, economic, and military paths to achieve a very clear strategic objective,” Waltz declared in an interview with NBC.
Waltz rejected an NBC report about alleged rationing at the Pentagon of weapons and defense equipment being used by the United States Army, arguing that the Armed Forces do have what is necessary to escalate the conflict.
“The U.S. Army, and I have verified this by every possible means, has everything necessary to execute this campaign with the required effectiveness. And I just have to tell you that the people who are leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail,” he noted.
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The pause in Trump’s attacks
His statements come as the United States paused its aggressions against Iran this weekend, amid concerns from the military and, in particular, Vice President J.D. Vance, regarding the potential depletion of ammunition, according to reports from U.S. media this Sunday.
Trump suspended the bombings this weekend after hearing the warnings of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, who warned that escalating the conflict with Iran would leave the U.S. military without defenses such as missile interceptors, according to a report by The New York Times.
The alerts, according to CNN, were also shared by Vice President J.D. Vance in the meeting with his cabinet that Trump convened at the White House last Friday, when the president expressed that he was weighing a “massive attack” against Iran and, at the same time, assured that U.S. officials are negotiating with the Iranians.
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This adds to an Axios note that pointed out on Saturday that the president ordered the U.S. Armed Forces not to carry out new attacks on Friday, after nearly two weeks of daily aggression, to “give more space to diplomacy.”
The breaking point between the U.S. and Iran
The push for negotiations comes after two weeks of intensified warfare, following Trump’s termination of the memorandum of understanding he signed in June to pause the hostilities, which began on February 28.
The political controversy over the war intensified last Tuesday, when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth explained to the Senate that the conflict has cost $37.5 billion so far and that the Army requires an additional budget of $67 billion.
“The point is that the U.S. military has executed a phenomenally successful campaign. As you know, I am a veteran due to my background, and we have never maintained this type of air superiority and maritime superiority, with unrestricted access over Iran, as we have at this moment,” stated Waltz.
