Trump Weighs Iran Options as Israel Ratchets Up Airstrikes
A crater at the impact site of an Iranian missile at a bus depot in Herzliya, Israel, on June 17.
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President Donald Trump met with his national security team in Washington for more than an hour on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the US is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.
Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the meeting, according to a White House official, as speculation swirled around how the US president might proceed.