AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Trump meets with top Iran advisers as war threat grows
President Trump convened his top advisers on Wednesday for a meeting on the crisis with Iran , two U.S. officials tell Axios. - Trump was briefed on the nuclear talks held earlier this week in Geneva and the group discussed next steps. Why it matters: The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize. - A U.S. military operation in Iran would likely be a massive, weeks-long campaign that would look more like full-fledged war than last month's pinpoint operation in Venezuela, sources say. - Trump's military and rhetorical build-ups make it hard for him to back down without major concessions from Iran on its nuclear program. What they're saying: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt…
President Trump convened his top advisers on Wednesday for a meeting on the crisis with Iran , two U.S. officials tell Axios. - Trump was briefed on the nuclear talks held earlier this week in Geneva and the group discussed next steps. Why it matters: The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize. - A U.S. military operation in Iran would likely be a massive, weeks-long campaign that would look more like full-fledged war than last month's pinpoint operation in Venezuela, sources say. - Trump's military and rhetorical build-ups make it hard for him to back down without major concessions from Iran on its nuclear program. What they're saying: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt…Open
