How Trump got to ‘yes' on bombing Iran
For days, President Donald Trump played coy about his plans to strike Iran, declaring that he hadn't yet made up his mind even as he approved attack plans and directed military officials to ready their forces.
Within a small circle of White House and administration officials, it was clear that even when Trump announced Thursday that he might take as long as 'two weeks' to decide, an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities was imminent, and the ruse was already underway.
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