14 minutes agoTrump was looking for options to attack Iran last week, but it didn't.
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)An American official said on Monday that outgoing President Donald Trump sought options last week to attack Iran's main nuclear centre, but eventually decided to withdraw from this dramatic step. Trump made this request during a meeting in the Oval Office last Thursday with his assistants [...]
Trump made this request during a meeting in the Oval Office last Thursday with his top aides in the field of national security, including Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Secretary of Defence Christopher Miller, and US Army General Mark Milley, the official added.
According to this source, whose statement published the paper “The New York Times”, advisers convinced Trump not to carry out this plan due to the risk of a broader conflict, Reuters writes.
He asked for options. They gave him the scripts, and he eventually decided not to proceed before”, the official said. The White House refused to comment on the matter.
A possible attack on Iran's main nuclear centre, “Natanz”, could bring regional conflict and present serious challenges to foreign policy for elected President Joe Biden.
Trump has spent four years of his mandate with an aggressive anti-Iranist policy, withdrawing in 2018 from the nuclear agreement with this state, which was reached by his predecessor at the White House, Barack Obama, and imposing widespread economic sanctions on the Islamic republic.
