The US military sends more Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and Trump becomes tougher on Iran

U.S. News Network Axios reported that U.S. President Trump intended to restart the attack on Tehran in early August, but changed his mind due to lobbying from Saudi Arabia and Qatar and turned to a strategy of extreme economic pressure. Until recently, Trump vetoed the latest peace negotiation plan proposed by Iran and revived the idea of ​​using force. The U.S. military recently deployed two additional sets of Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to ensure that if the U.S. launches another large-scale military operation against Iran, the oil and gas facilities in the two countries will not be affected.

If the U.S. military decides to launch an offensive, it will need authorization from Saudi Arabia to use its airspace. If Riyadh believes that oil facilities lack security, it is unlikely to agree to US demands. However, the United States has consumed a large amount of its Patriot missile inventory in the Ukraine-Russia war and the U.S.-Israel war, and has further supported the Patriots in the Persian Gulf, causing outsiders to worry about Washington's war readiness in other parts of the world.

In an exclusive interview published by Time magazine on the 1st, Trump said that Tehran's latest peace proposal was "not good enough" and "conditions that I would not have accepted a year ago, I still will not accept now," indicating that he may expand bombing of Iran after the midterm elections on November 3.