Trump Signals U.S. Is Prepared for a Long War Against Iran
President Trump also declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran as the conflict spread into the Gulf countries and Lebanon and Israel exchanged strikes.
President Trump also declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran as the conflict spread into the Gulf countries and Lebanon and Israel exchanged strikes.
A surge in sensors and cameras, combined with artificial intelligence, has transformed U.S. intelligence’s ability to locate foreign heads of state. Add to that an American president willing to capture or kill them.
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.
Higher fuel prices and lower demand for international flights are expected to eat into airlines’ profits.
Ali Larijani, seen as a pragmatist who could negotiate with Washington, struck a defiant tone and vowed to fight on.
Separately, a drone attack hit the U.S. Embassy compound in the Persian Gulf state, as Iran continues to target American assets across the Middle East.
Disregarded by President Trump over Iran, Europe’s leaders are adapting to a world in which they are little more than bystanders.
In a brief interview, he said the country’s hardened military should simply surrender their weapons to the Iranian public.
President Trump again deployed heavy force against a country with which he had been negotiating, continuing a pattern seen in previous attacks on Iran and Venezuela.
The grim toll signaled that Iran was more prepared for war than the Trump administration anticipated, U.S. military officials said.