![(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 20, 2019, US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Trump said on June 21, 2019, he is in "no hurry" to bomb Iran, revealing that US forces were "cocked and loaded" but that he called them back with minutes to go in order to avoid mass casualties. "I am in no hurry," Trump said in a series of tweets detailing his thought process during the late Thursday decision to send, then recall US forces meant to retaliate for the downing by Iran of a US spy drone. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CC2DWLWJIBB6QT2YAF4D5FYURI.jpg?smart=true&auth=78001200c42ac144f11e9a122aeeb02bf61e041679df081791b86a60ffd3c7c5&width=400&height=225)
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, saying that he is in "no hurry" to attack Iran. AFP
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, saying that he is in "no hurry" to attack Iran. AFP
So far, Trump has refused to fall into the traps laid out by Iran
Tehran is seeking to control the international narrative, but the US president has set his own course