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Timeline: Key Events That Led The U.S. Into War With Iran Amid Trump’s Sudden Public Silence
On Saturday night, June 21, Donald Trump made the startling decision to intervene in the Israeli-Iranian confrontation by attacking Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.
Trump did not hold back from revealing the specifics of the planned strikes, calling the operations a “spectacular military success” as the nation’s B-2 stealth bombers dropped bombs on Iran’s main nuclear site.
Iran was accused of developing its own nuclear weapons, which led to the decision.
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan,” Trump confirmed on Truth Social after the bombs.
“All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordo.”
“NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!” he said on social media, thanking the ‘great American Warriors’ who participated in the mission.
Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, called it “outrageous” and said that the US’ actions “will have everlasting consequences.”
The globe is stunned by the move; what transpired before the bombings?
Friday 20 June
Trump gives himself ‘two weeks’ to decide on bombings
During his flight on Air Force One to a fundraiser event in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Friday afternoon, Trump said on the runway that he had set a deadline of two weeks.
Following the president’s remarks less than 48 hours before the bombings, many believed that the possibility of a strike was out of the question, at least for the time being.
Assessing the threat of Iran
Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine were among the prominent advisers Trump spoke with.
According to MailOnline, the team evaluated the likelihood of a successful strike and thought Iran would obtain a nuclear weapon in a matter of weeks.
Saturday 21 June
Trump goes ‘dark’
The Trump administration was observed to have become ‘uncharacteristically black’ as the weekend got underway, avoiding social media more than usual and the president not speaking to groups of reporters as he typically did.
After officials contacted the Middle Eastern country earlier that day, reports indicated that Iran was unwilling to speak with Trump.
4:30 p.m.
Trump refused to talk to reporters while flying from Bedminster to Morristown Municipal Airport.
6:01 p.m.
Onlookers gave Trump’s Marine Helicopter a fist pump and a thumbs up as it landed at the White House.
6:03 p.m.
Two minutes later, he quietly made his way into the White House and made his way to the West Wing, where he would meet again with his staff in the Situation Room.
All four of Trump’s senior aides were waiting here.
According to reports, the US then contacted Israel to clarify that an attack on Iran was imminent.
Trump decides to strike multiple bases
Trump decided to launch 30 Tomahawk missiles from US submarines 400 miles away at locations in Natanz and Isfahan, in addition to the primary target of Fordow.
According to reports, he decided to order the bombs as soon as possible since the declining moon in Iran would provide the B-2 aircraft cover.
The president’s now-famous social media post followed reports that the mission had been successful reaching the Situation Room.
10pm – Aftermath
After the assaults, Trump gave a speech to the nation that lasted less than four minutes.
The president branded Iran as “the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror” and “the bully of the Middle East”, threatening future attacks that would be more severe.
He also stated, “A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.”
“Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity, and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror.”
“Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
Additionally, Trump thanked Caine specifically before asserting, “There is no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight.”
How did the Iran-Israel conflict actually begin?
Although tensions between Iran and Israel have long existed, Israel’s large-scale attack on Iranian nuclear targets last week intensified tensions.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, claimed that Iran “could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time” and described the strikes as “a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.”
Israel bombed several Iranian nuclear development sites and some high-ranking military officials; Iran responded by claiming that Israel “started a war.”
In the days that have followed, the two Middle Eastern nations have exchanged retaliation missiles multiple times.
Iranian official media warned that there would be “severe and far-reaching consequences” if the US, UK, and France assisted Israel in defending against retaliation missile strikes, and vowed to attack their military sites and ships.
Trump responded by stating that Iran would be confronted by “the full strength and might of the US armed forces” if it were to attack any American bases.
And with the strikes on Iran this past weekend, it appears that he has fulfilled that threat.
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