Misdirection And 'deception' Likely Key In Trump Admin’s Surprise Iran Strike

Potential misdirection apt served a cardinal domiciled successful nan Trump administration's successful strikes connected a trio of Iranian atomic accommodation connected Saturday evening, which were abruptly announced by President Donald Trump successful a Truth Social station conscionable days aft he said his determination connected Iran would unfold wrong nan adjacent 2 weeks. 

"We person completed our very successful onslaught connected nan 3 Nuclear sites successful Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," Trump said connected Truth Social connected Saturday evening. "All planes are now extracurricular of Iran aerial space. A afloat payload of BOMBS was dropped connected nan superior site, Fordow."

Trump's astonishment announcement came pinch nary media leaks up of time, and followed White House property caput Karoline Leavitt announcing connected Thursday during a property briefing that Trump would make a determination connected perchance striking Iran wrong a two-week clip play arsenic opposed to an imminent decision. 

"I person a connection straight from nan president, and I quote, 'based connected nan truth that there's a important chance of negotiations that whitethorn aliases whitethorn not return place pinch Iran successful nan adjacent future, I will make my determination whether aliases not to spell wrong nan adjacent 2 weeks,'" Leavitt said astatine a White House property briefing connected Thursday, quoting Trump.

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U.S. strikes 3 sites successful Iran (Fox News)

Ahead of nan strikes connected Saturday evening, six B-2 stealth bombers from an Air Force guidelines successful Missouri appeared to beryllium en way to a U.S. Air Force guidelines successful Guam, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News connected Saturday. 

Fox New's Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin said during an quality Saturday evening arsenic news collapsed of nan strikes that reports of nan bombers were apt portion of nan "misleading tidbits put retired location to propose that possibly President Trump had had put disconnected nan decision."

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"Those six B-2 bombers that were heading westbound towards Guam, they would not person made it to Iran successful clip to return portion successful this strike. So, that suggests to maine that location was an further B-1 package that possibly flew eastward from Whiteman Air Force Base. Again, this was each portion of nan deception. There was a awesome woody of benignant of misleading tidbits put retired location to propose that possibly President Trump had put disconnected nan determination and that this would hap 2 weeks from now." She said this while speaking pinch Fox News' Bret Baier connected Saturday evening. 

Trump takes questions connected Air Force One.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

"But arsenic we knew, location were different indications, and we did not study earlier this week, moreover though we knew that Whiteman Air Force Base had put retired a announcement suggesting that nan guidelines was closed for alleged repairs until Monday, June 23. Now, if you look astatine nan timeframe of wherever we are correct now, those B-2s would beryllium location astatine Whiteman by nan clip that announcement and that would beryllium lifted connected Monday, June 23. So, that was put retired a week ago, and truthful we should person had immoderate hint that this mightiness person been immoderate denotation of nan clip frame," Griffin added. 

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Trump said successful his Truth Social station he will reside nan federation astatine 10 p.m. ET to supply specifications connected nan strikes. 

"I will beryllium giving an Address to nan Nation astatine 10:00 P.M., astatine nan White House, regarding our very successful subject operation successful Iran. This is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD. IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR. THANK YOU!"

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during nan regular briefing successful nan Brady Briefing Room of nan White House successful Washington, DC, connected May 22, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)  (Getty Images)

Israel launched pre-emptive strikes connected Iran connected June 12 aft months of attempted and stalled atomic negotiations and consequent heightened interest that Iran was advancing its atomic program. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared soon afterward that nan strikes were basal to "roll backmost nan Iranian threat to Israel's very survival."

He added that if Israel had not acted, "Iran could produce a atomic limb successful a very short time." 

Dubbed "Operation Rising Lion," nan strikes targeted Iran's atomic and rocket infrastructure and killed a fistful of elder Iranian subject leaders.

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Trump has many times urged Iran to make a woody connected its atomic programme earlier striking its atomic facilities, but nan state pulled retired of ongoing talks pinch nan U.S. scheduled for June 15 successful Oman and refused to return to nan array successful nan days following. 

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"Iran should person signed nan ‘deal’ I told them to sign," Trump posted to Truth Social Monday evening, erstwhile he abruptly near an ongoing G-7 acme successful Canada to amended attraction connected nan Israel–Iran conflict. "What a shame, and discarded of quality life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it complete and complete again! Everyone should instantly evacuate Tehran!"