So far the official answer from the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio is:

Israel was going to attack and US bases and US allies would be the primary counter attack targets, so the US preemptively bombed Iran.

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/03/rubio-trump-iran-israel-...

The real answer, that came out only last week, is that everybody in Trump’s administration, with possible exception to Hegseth, strongly advised against attacking Iran regardless what Israel says. Trump chose to attack Iran believing regime change was probable despite all guidance, from his administration, that it was not possible without a ground invasion.

This will get flagged for being political.

I didn't

You'd have to ask our demented leader, but I think it has something to do with Israel

to distract from the war in venezuela which was to distract from the war in minneapolis which was to distract from the epstein files

Money. Oil. Racism. Oil. Religious ignorance. Oil. General ignorance. Oil. Trumpism. Oil. The Bigger Dick Foreign Policy (TM). Oil. The vacuum between Mike Huckabee’s ears. Oil.

Oh, and trying to get Epstein out of the news before Melania throws him under the bus.

I can promise you that whatever reason the administration gives is not the reason.

Beyond that, who even knows? Because Israel whispered in someone's ear about WMDs? Because Trump believes being a "wartime president" will help in the midterms? Holy war to bring about Armageddon? For the oil? To distract from Epstein? Not even the White House can give a straight answer, which suggests there was no real strategy to begin with. Maybe Trump just did it for the lulz. Given this administration it's not impossible.

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