Trump delayed striking Iran: three Middle Eastern countries did not want their own energy facilities to be bombed

```htmlGolden Ten Data reported on May 19 that, according to an AXIOS journalist, two insiders revealed that within 24 hours before Trump announced the cancellation of the planned strike on Iran scheduled for Tuesday, he had telephone conversations with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. An American official said, "Doha, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh sent a unified message, roughly meaning 'Give negotiations a chance, because if you strike Iran, we will all pay the price.'" Another insider stated that Trump told some of his hawkish political allies that the three Arab leaders had told him they did not want their oil and energy facilities destroyed by Iranian retaliation.```