In a series of Situation Room meetings, President Trump weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment. Here’s the inside story of how he made the fateful decision.
In a series of Situation Room meetings, President Trump weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment. Here’s the inside story of how he made the fateful decision.
tl;dr
Israel told him it was a good idea and would be super easy. Trump decided to do it, the yes-men he’s surrounded himself didn’t object.
And here we are today, possibly about to commit war crimes against a civilian population as part of a war that we have yet to figure out a coherent reason for starting in the first place.