“The White House is pushing to build an international coalition to exert pressure on Iran through the United Nations as its chief response to the attack on a Saudi oil installation, an approach that is consistent with President Trump’s aversion to military intervention, but that also reflects the limits on the administration’s retaliatory options,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Within about 18 hours of 17 missile strikes on Saudi Arabia oil facilities on Saturday, the Trump administration pinned the blame squarely on Iran, which has denied carrying out the attacks. A day later, after an emergency meeting at the White House with his inner circle, Mr. Trump declared the U.S. ‘locked and loaded’ and ready to respond.”
“But Mr. Trump’s assertive reaction was peppered with qualifiers—the U.S. intelligence still needed verification, he didn’t know what Riyadh knew, or how Saudi officials wanted to proceed.”
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