The Times said the plan, which does not call for a land invasion of Iran, was ordered in part by national security adviser John Bolton. Citing administration officials, the Times said it was unknown whether President Donald Trump had been briefed on the plan, including the number of troops. Trump denied the report on Tuesday, dismissing it as "fake news." But we have not planned for that," he told reporters at the White House. "Hopefully, we're not going to have to plan for that, and if we did that, we'd send a hell of a lot more troops than that."

Source: CNN May 14, 2019 11:56 UTC