Overview
- Axios, echoed by Mediaite, reported that an anonymous official described senior aides’ “buyer’s remorse” and said President Trump was “high on his own supply,” telling reluctant staff, “I just want to do it.”
- White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly called the Axios account “totally false,” saying the administration is united behind the president and the war effort.
- President Trump told the Financial Times that Iran’s military has been “essentially decimated,” claiming its navy, air defenses, and air force are gone.
- Iran’s targeting of tankers in the Strait of Hormuz has strained energy flows and driven fuel prices higher, while attacks and counterstrikes have killed 13 U.S. service members.
- The conflict began on February 28 with joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran that reporting says killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.