Top headline: New York Times, 3/4/2026
Bottom headline: Guardian, 3/4/2026
David E. Sanger reports on how the GOP is allowing a crazy man to be in charge of U.S. national security:
Sitting beside Germany’s chancellor in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Trump offered a brief moment of insight into the decision-making process in the White House on the most consequential of matters: Whether to take the country to war.
His decision to order the attack on Iran, he said, was mostly a matter of gut instinct about Iranian intentions.
“We were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first,” he said, while his guest, Friedrich Merz, sat expressionless. “I think they were going to attack first, and I didn’t want that to happen. So if anything, I might’ve forced Israel’s hand. But Israel was ready and we were ready.”
Set aside for a moment that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had offered the opposite explanation the previous day, telling reporters that because Israel was going to act, Mr. Trump had no choice but to join what he called a “pre-emptive” strike before Iran counterattacked U.S. bases and allies. [emphasis added]
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