According to revelations, Trump is said to have considered the possibility of a military strike against Iran.
In the weeks remaining, the US president could still do a lot of damage.
Donald Trump
inquired about the possibility of a military strike against Iran.
The background is a current report by the
International Atomic Energy Agency
.
The New York Times
reports on the explosive information.
Washington -
Donald Trump
apparently had plans for a military strike against
Iran
.
The outgoing US president asked for information from the
New York Times
about the possibility of attacking Iranian nuclear facilities in the coming weeks.
Concerns had already arisen about what
Trump was
planning for the weeks he had left in office.
Does he want the elected US President
Joe Biden *
and Vice President
Kamala Harris * left
a war?
The
New York Times
According to have
Donald Trump
last Thursday, at least obtained information that might suggest such a thing.
At a meeting in the
Oval Office *
with Vice President
Mike Pence *
, US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo
and the new Secretary of Defense
Christopher Miller
- successor to the dismissed Marc Esper - he toyed with the idea “whether he would have the opportunity to join to take action against
Iran's
most important nuclear site in
the coming weeks
”.
The background to this is a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which shows that
Iran has
more slightly enriched
uranium
than the
2015
International Atomic Energy
Agreement
allows.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump asked top aides about military strikes to stop Iran from expanding its nuclear program.
His advisers said don't do it.
w / @ maggieNYT, @sangerNYT, @helenecooper, @jakesNYT https://t.co/mjWUaoYPUz
- Eric Schmitt (@EricSchmittNYT) November 17, 2020
Military strike against Iran?
Donald Trump inquired - nuclear facility most likely target
The
New York Times also
said that his advisors, including Chief of Staff
Mark Milley
,
had advised
against such a plan against
Iran
and warned against an escalation of the conflict.
As a likely target for such a military strike that makes
New York Times
, the
nuclear plant Natanz
from.
There is 12 times as much
uranium
stored there as allowed.
Donald Trump will
remain in office until January 20, 2021 - when his successor, Democrat
Joe Biden, will take over
.
Until then, Trump is in command of the
US military
.
After his key advisors advised
against the blow against Iran
, according to the
New York Times,
the issue was over.
However, "Mr Trump may still be looking for ways
to hit
Iranian assets and allies, including
militias in Iraq
, officials said.
A smaller group of national security forces met late Wednesday
to discuss
Iran
with the president the day before the meeting
, ”write the journalists of the renowned US newspaper.
A request from the newspaper about this had been officially rejected.
USA and Iran: Joe Biden wants back in the international nuclear agreement - Trump can cause damage
Joe Biden
has already announced that he wants to return to the international contract.
Should
Trump
take steps against
Iran
, however, the plans of the upcoming US president could also be massively impeded.
It is only one of the measures that
Donald Trump * could
currently implement.
It was previously known that Trump was firing key Pentagon employees and replacing them with loyalists - which caused great concern in the
Pentagon
.
The relationship between the
US
and
Iran
is considered tense.
In 2018, the United States
withdrew from the
international nuclear agreement
under
Donald Trump
.
Since then, the government has imposed numerous sanctions on Iran.
The conflict boiled up, among other things, when the Iranian top general
Qasem Soleimani * was
killed in a US military operation
at the beginning of the year
.
(aka with dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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