‘Nobody knows what I’m going to do,’ the US president says at an event at the White House.
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As the direct conflict between Iran and Israel keeps the world guessing about possible US involvement, US President Donald Trump sent a broadly mixed message about possible military action on Wednesday, suggesting that American forces may participate in Israel’s strikes against the Islamic republic.
“You don’t know that I am going to even do it. You don’t know. I may do it, I may not do it, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” Trump said at an event at the White House.
Trump also claimed that the Iranian side had reached out for negotiations, and added that it was “too late”.
Consternation among lawmakers on different sides of the issue spilled out on Capitol Hill as a Senate committee grilled US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Read ourreport, with analysis.
Follow developments and reactions here as the world grapples with an unprecedented level of direct confrontation between Israel and Iran, and fears of an all-out war grow.
