Trump says he will not attack Iran after midterms

The US is not going to attack Iran after the midterms, President Donald Trump said on Monday, one day ahead of a hotly anticipated election and following a warning from conservative podcast host Tucker Carlson that Trump was weighing dropping a nuclear bomb. Trump ruled out strikes in a question posed by an NBC reporter during a speech at the Washington Reflecting Pool on Monday, after signalling in other interviews he was in no rush to resume attacking the Islamic Republic. "One way or the other, we will do something, but there is no rush. We crippled them financially. They have no money, no gasoline, and their people are getting very tired of it," Trump told Axios in an interview released on Monday, before his speech. "Iran wants a settlement, as soon as possible. It could happen!" Trump posted on social media separately, ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. Trump’s remarks come 24 hours before Americans go to the polls to vote in elections that will determine control of the US Congress, with many commentators speculating that the comments could be aimed at calming voters ahead of the polls. Read more: Trump says he will not attack Iran after midterms