US EditionHow Donald Trump Made the Decision to Go to War
The strikes targeted Iranian leadership and infrastructure aiming to topple the regime while avoiding ground troops, marking Trump’s eighth military action in his second term.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump approved Operation Epic Fury and ordered strikes targeting Iran's leadership and nuclear sites, in coordination with Israel.
- Failed negotiations and Israeli pressure pushed the administration toward military action, with officials saying Iran posed unacceptable risks, and Netanyahu urging strikes, as talks failed to produce an acceptable deal.
- The CIA revealed Khamenei would be at his Tehran compound, enabling a daylight decapitation strike as the Pentagon positioned two carrier strike groups and US military forces nearby.
- Less than two days after the strikes, U.S. lawmakers and Middle Eastern diplomats offered conflicting views, while Trump's closest advisers found no urgent threat, and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said `America First is not isolationism`.
- Analysts warn the strikes could produce a leadership vacuum in Tehran and entangle the U.S. in prolonged conflict, with the Pentagon sustaining weeks of operations and more American casualties likely.
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Trump has betrayed America First
“There’s nothing boring about this,” Donald Trump said in the White House on 2 March, before commenting happily on the drapes for his new ballroom. Moments like these make me think that the president doesn’t really know why he has taken the US to war. He seems to drop bombs on a whim. He is exercising power for the sake of it, and cares little for coherence or justification. Any hope for a post-war plan does not seem likely considering the blasé…
Trump promised the MAGA base no new wars. Then he went to war with Iran
President Trump promised his "Make America Great Again" voters an "America First" foreign policy. With the war in Iran, he's testing MAGA world's willingness to be flexible on one of its core beliefs.
Sydney Morning Herald
How Donald Trump made the decision to go to war
President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations. Few of the president’s advisers voiced opposition.
Trump: The Man Who Stepped Into The Breach
We are on day three of President Trump’s military operation in Iran.It’s the most courageous military decision of my lifetime, and we are kicking a**. The United States military and the Israeli military, working in tandem, are kicking the hell out of the Iranian government.How is Iran planning to fight back? They have friends. They’re counting on pathetic, mewling Europeans and the ridiculous, sad sack Democrats who just hate Trump and don’t car…
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