President Donald Trump considered launching a strike against Iran's main nuclear facility last week before senior advisers talked him out of the dramatic action, according to two new reports. Trump's advisers ultimately dissuaded him from launching a strike by warning that such action could trigger a wider conflict with Iran, the Times sources said. They said any strike, either by missile or cyber, would likely have targeted Iran's main nuclear enrichment facility, Natanz. A separate source confirmed Times' account of the meeting to Reuters, saying: '[Trump] asked for options. The officials who spoke to the Times said Trump reacted to the IAEA report by asking his aides about what options he had to respond to Iran's nuclear expansion.

Source: Daily Mail November 17, 2020 00:29 UTC