Trump Planning Something Huge in Disguise of War Fact Check

The White House official said Trump had made clear "he has no plans to send ground troops anywhere at this time," but added that he always keeps all options on the table.

Trump campaigned for his return to the White House by frequently touting how he had not started any wars during his first term, and some of the long-time supporters of his "America First" policies are frustrated by the war dubbed "Operation Epic Fury." On March 7, Trump told reporters he does not rule out sending ground troops into Iran, but prefaced that it would need to be for a "very good reason." White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told a March 10 briefing that a draft was not part of the administration's "current plan" but that the president was "keeping his options on the table," fueling fears and speculation online.

Given the multiple caveats Trump provided while promising no wars, in the full context of the speech, and the fact he did not specifically refer to Iran, we concluded social media users miscaptioned the clip.

On Sunday night, Trump appeared to be building a misleading template for a total US victory, arguing that the killing of senior Iranian leaders including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei equaled “regime change,” even if there’d been no letup of ...

Asked whether Arab countries would step up to help pay for the war, Leavitt said she would not get ahead of the president but that Trump has had this idea. I think it’s something the president would be quite interested in calling them to do.

His escalation against Iran comes as he faces mounting domestic pressure, for attacking the civil rights of US citizens in Minneapolis, amid renewed scrutiny surrounding the Epstein files, and just days after the US supreme court struck down the legal justification for his global tariff policy. In this light, the strikes function as a classic “diversionary war” – an attempt to hijack the global narrative and drown out domestic scandal with the thunder of cruise missiles.

An official text of the president's 15-point plan for peace has not been published, but leaked versions show a document that is a compilation of all the demands the US and Israel have made of Iran over many years.

When the Iranian response arrived, it made clear Tehran believes it has as much if not more control over the direction of the war than the US, despite Trump's insistence that the US has already won. An Iranian official quoted anonymously on state TV dismissing the plan said Tehran had its own demands for a ceasefire deal.

The Trump administration is making the case that it ordered expansive, deadly strikes to stop an imminent threat from Tehran, but is providing no evidence Iran had such plans. The White House, amid the largest military buildup in the region ...