Trump gives Pompeo authority on Iran Policy

[Grim Reaper 6]

President Donald Trump has tired of overseeing US actions on Iran, telling foreign-policy chiefs they can do anything they want as long as they don't "start World War III," The Daily Beast reported, citing administration officials.

Evidence that Trump was keen to reignite the sort of US-Iran tensions seen after the Soleimani assassination in January came in mid-November, when Trump asked top aides how the US could attack Iran's main nuclear site, according to The New York Times.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-has-given-up-on-iran-policy-in-his-last-weeks-in-office-and-told-pompeo-he-can-do-anything-he-wants-as-long-as-it-doesnt-start-world-war-iii-report-says/ar-BB1byBWJ

• President Donald Trump asked senior advisors to provide him with options for a military strike on Iran last Thursday, according to The New York Times.
• The Soleimani strike pushed the US and Iran to the ,brink of war. Iran retaliated with a missile attack on US forces in Iraq that left dozens with serious injuries. The US and Iran avoided a broader conflict in the aftermath of the Soleimani strike, but tensions remained high.
• https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-considered-attacking-iran-main-nuclear-site-2020-11

[RoofGardener]

Another anonymous source for the New York Times. Sorry; that paper has zero credibility when it covers almost anything to do with Donald Trump. I no longer trust the integrity of its journalists, and hence cannot give credence to anything it claims from  "anonymous" sources.