Trump eyeing conflict with Iran – media

Earlier in the day, the president boasted that US jets have unchallenged primacy in Iranian airspace

US President Donald Trump is considering involving the US directly in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, Axios has reported, citing three anonymous officials familiar with the situation.

The US president left the G7 summit early on Monday and is scheduled to meet with his national security team on Tuesday.

Trump has lauded the Israeli bombing campaign against Iran’s nuclear facilities, but has so far held off on taking part in offensive operations. 

“Trump was seriously considering joining the war and launching a US strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, especially its underground uranium enrichment facility in Fordow,” Axios wrote. West Jerusalem believes that the US will “enter the war in the coming days,” the outlet said, citing Israeli officials.

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While a potential intervention will be discussed at Tuesday's meeting, there are differences of opinion among Trump’s closes advisers, CBS News wrote, citing five sources familiar with the matter.

US forces deployed in the region have the bunker-buster bombs Israeli lacks that could destroy Iran's uranium enrichment plant at Fordow, Axios wrote on Sunday.

There is no indication that the facility, built deep inside a mountain, has been damaged, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi.

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According to Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, the campaign against Iran “will not end without damaging the Fordow nuclear facility.” Israel is in constant communication with Washington on the matter, he said in an interview on Tuesday.

A few hours prior to Tuesday’s security meeting, Trump delivered a chain of posts on Truth Social, claiming that the US now has unobstructed primacy in Iranian airspace, boasting that he could assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and demanding that Tehran capitulates.