Israel-Iran Live Updates: Trump Suggests U.S. Is Open to Action Against Iran
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wants the United States to drop its largest bunker-busting bombs on Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, which lies deep underground. Israel has neither bombs that big nor warplanes big enough to carry them. Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu spoke on the phone on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Trump administration official who did not provide details — but the call came as the president has been considering options for U.S. involvement in Israel’s efforts to damage Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
In a post on Truth Social earlier in the day, Mr. Trump wrote, “we know exactly where” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, “is hiding,” but added, “we are not going to take him out (kill!), at least for now.” Boasting of Israel’s air superiority, which he suggested was based on American technology, he wrote, “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran,” associating himself with Israel’s war effort.
If the United States enters a war with Iran at the behest of Netanyahu… 🤦🏼♂️