Nah. I think that he had the Iranian anti-missile defensive grid taken down by remote hack while he was on the phone with the Iranians, preparing to strike. He probably let them sweat a few minutes as they desperately tried to get their systems back up, thinking that US planes were moments from launch. And then POTUS says "I don't wanna be that way, y'know? How about you take a couple of days to think about it, and then we can do this again. Only next time, I won't stop the attack."
Same sort of thing he's doing to the Dems on immigration.