In comments Wednesday, President Trump emphasized that he believes the
US has “many options” for what to do with Iran after allegations Iran
had attacked Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure with drones.
Trump told reporters “we’ll see what happens,” while emphasizing that he
has “many options.” He described a full-scale war against Iran as the
“ultimate option,” and said that “there are options that are a lot less than that.“
While giving war a position of primacy among his options doesn’t exactly
fit with his comments the last couple of days saying he doesn’t want to
start a war, the comments still suggest war is unlikely.
In the course of his comments, President Trump also talked of imposing a number of new sanctions against Iran. He was not specific about what that would mean, beyond it being “substantial.”
Trump Says He Has ‘Many Options’ on Iran
Calls war with Iran 'the ultimate option'
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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