President Donald Trump held discussions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine about resuming full-scale war with Iran, but decided to continue the diplomatic track and targeted strikes for now, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday citing US officials.
The Wall Street Journal reported early Wednesday morning that President Donald Trump has held a series of discussions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine in recent days about resuming full-scale military operations against Iran. According to American officials familiar with the matter, the talks focused on whether the U.S. should abandon negotiations and resume large-scale strikes, with some describing such a move as 'finishing the job.' Trump has not made a final decision and told aides he believes another round of full-scale strikes could hurt Washington's chances of eventually dismantling Iran's nuclear program, according to the report. He is currently satisfied with the policy of precision strikes whenever Iran violates the memorandum of understanding, and said he has no problem with negotiations continuing beyond the August 18 deadline (60 days). The report was carried by multiple Israeli outlets, including Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) and Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). As The Zioneer reported earlier (03:42), Trump initially weighed resuming full-scale war, and separately (09:36) held further discussions on this option. This is a single-sourced report from the Wall Street Journal, cited by several of our curated channels.
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