Trump addresses the nation on the US war effort in Iran
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What to watch as Trump addresses the nation about the Iran war
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump is set to address the nation Wednesday evening about the war against Iran, a pivotal moment at home and abroad as he seeks to amass extraordinary power to prosecute the military operation and his second-term agenda. Trump started the day as the first sitting president to show up for a U.S. Supreme Court hearing, a stunning reach of the executive into the affairs of the judicial branch. He is preparing to end it with his first primetime address from the White House about a war he launched on his own, bulldozing past Congress. On an
US to leave Iran ‘pretty quickly’ and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters
Washington, April 1 (Reuters): The United States will be “out of Iran pretty quickly” and could return for “spot hits” if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime address to the nation. With the war in its fifth week and Trump under pressure for an off-ramp amid rising gasoline prices, the president scheduled a 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT) speech to discuss the way forward. His address will bookend a day that begins with Trump making a historic visit to the Supreme Court. Trump, in a phone interview with Reuters,
Securing Iran’s enriched uranium by force would be risky and complex, experts say
Vienna (AP): Should the U.S. decide to send in military forces to secure Iran’s uranium stockpile, it would be a complex, risky and lengthy operation, fraught with radiation and chemical dangers, according to experts and former government officials. U.S. President Donald Trump has offered shifting reasons for the war in Iran but has consistently said a primary objective is ensuring the country will “never have a nuclear weapon.” Less clear is how far he is willing to go to seize Iran’s nuclear material. Given the risks of inserting as many as 1,000 specially trained forces into a war zone to