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Emphasized “Axios: President Trump convened a meeting with his senior national security team on the war with Iran this morning.
A source close to Trump and a second source with knowledge of the situation told Axios that Trump had grown increasingly frustrated about the negotiations with Iran over the past several days:
On Tuesday, he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted to give diplomacy another chance, but by Thursday night he was leaning toward ordering a strike
A source close to Trump said the President has raised the possibility of a final “decisive” major military operation, after which he could declare victory and end the war.
Some sources close to the negotiations still believe there is an opportunity over the next 24 hours for some kind of breakthrough.
The two sources familiar with Trump’s thinking say he appears inclined to proceed with military action unless something unexpected happens in the talks.”