Trump Holds Snap Cabinet Meeting amid Israeli Attack on Iran

President Donald Trump
by Ben Whedon

 

Israel launched a strike on Iranian territory on Thursday, just hours after President Donald Trump warned that such a move would likely derail diplomatic talks with Tehran on denuclearization.

The president has convened a Cabinet meeting in response to the developments, according to CNN. Two U.S. officials told Reuters that the United States provided no assistance to Israel in the attack and was completely uninvolved.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed Jerusalem had launched what it called a “pre-emptive” strike, ABC News reported. The scope of the strikes remains unclear as of press time, but video footage purportedly from Tehran shows columns of smoke rising in the city.

Trump, for his part, directed his “entire” administration to pursue diplomatic options in Truth Social post.

“My entire Administration has been directed to negotiate with Iran. They could be a Great Country, but they first must completely give up hopes of obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he said ahead of time.

Earlier in the day, he said he opposed an Israeli strike.

“As long as I think there is an agreement, I don’t want them going in because I think that would blow it,” Trump told reporters. “Might help it, actually. But also could blow it… But we’ve had very good discussions with Iran.”

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Ben Whedon is a reporter at Just the News.

 

 


Reprinted with permission from Just the News.

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