Updated Day 883

Author: mkiser

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 1/ **Trump authorized a retaliatory military strike on Iran but called it off 10 minutes before because the response would not have been "proportionate."** The planned attack, ordered after Iranian forces shot down a Navy drone over the Strait of Hormuz, would have involved airstrikes and killed approximately 150 people. Officials said Trump had initially approved the attacks. Earlier, Trump tweeted that he was "cocked and loaded" for a strike, but later disputed that, claiming "nothing was green lighted." ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/world/middleeast/iran-us-drone.html) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/politics/trump-iran-attack.html) / [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-ordered-military-strike-iran-reversed-sources/story?id=63853570) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-did-not-given-final-approval-iran-strikes-n1020386) / [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-s-in-no-hurry-to-confront-iran-11561122762?shareToken=st8cb884dff53541c4ae3e4aa876bc19d5) / [Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-iran-strike-drone-loaded-20190621-story.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-21/trump-approved-air-strikes-on-iran-then-pulled-back-nyt-says))
 
-* **Putin said he's open for a meeting with Trump, but that a  U.S. military conflict with Iran would be "catastrophe."** Putin added that he believed Iran was complying with its commitments to the Iran nuclear deal. Hours later, Trump [tweeted](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1142055388965212161?mod=article_inline) that he was in "no hurry" to confront Iran and called off the planned airstrike. ([Associated Press](https://www.apnews.com/2c1d6e923a7349e29daf0e00a956f2d8) / [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/International/putin-warns-us-iran-annual-call-show/story?id=63833096))
+* **Putin said he's open for a meeting with Trump, but that a  U.S. military conflict with Iran would be a "catastrophe."** Putin added that he believed Iran was complying with its commitments to the Iran nuclear deal. Hours later, Trump [tweeted](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1142055388965212161?mod=article_inline) that he was in "no hurry" to confront Iran and called off the planned airstrike. ([Associated Press](https://www.apnews.com/2c1d6e923a7349e29daf0e00a956f2d8) / [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/International/putin-warns-us-iran-annual-call-show/story?id=63833096))
 
 * **The White House did not notify House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Trump's plans to strike Iran**. Pelosi is second in line to the presidency. ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-says-white-house-did-not-tell-her-about-iran-strike-plan/2019/06/21/bec74b3a-942e-11e9-b58a-a6a9afaa0e3e_story.html))