redstate.com President Trump approved attack plans on Iran Tuesday night but has not made a final decision on whether to strike the country and formally join Israel’s ongoing air campaign, according to a senior intelligence source and a Defense Department official who spoke to CBS News.
Trump held off on deciding to strike in case Tehran agrees to abandon its nuclear program, the sources said. The Wall Street Journal first reported that news.
Trump’s Strategic Calculations
“I like to make the final decision one second before it’s due, because things change, especially with war,” Trump told reporters Wednesday when asked about potential U.S. strikes on Iran.
“I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” he said, adding that he’d like Iran to negotiate on a deal to end its nuclear program.
CBS News previously reported that Trump was weighing a U.S. strike on Fordow, a subterranean uranium enrichment facility that Israel has not targeted in its attacks that began Friday. Iran has prepared missiles and equipment for strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East if the U.S. joins the Israeli campaign, according to intelligence officials.
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