We don't know why Donald Trump just started this war in Iran.

Washington Post reported this weekend and the New York Times reported today that Trump did it basically as a favor,

that there was no U.S. intelligence that Iran posed any imminent threat to us, but Saudi Arabia and Israel told Trump to do it, and so he did it.

Because, hey, you know, America first. Strong man. We're just going to put our military at the disposal

of other countries because they can tell Trump what to do with it.

Quote, the attack came despite U.S. intelligence assessments that Iran's forces were unlikely to pose an immediate threat to the U.S. mainland within the next decade.

But he did it anyway because Israel and Saudi Arabia told to, and he apparently does what they say.

And now six American service members are known to have been killed and many more injured.

There's also new reporting tonight that the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia has been

hit by two drones. The Washington Post is now also reporting that two Defense Department employees,

U.S. Defense Department employees, have been wounded in an Iranian drone attack on a hotel in Bahrain.

And I mean, in terms of what we are heading into, the kind of risk we're heading into,

these are the sort of headlines that we're seeing tonight, quote,

earthquake in the Gulf.

Iran war expands to a dozen countries in 72 hours.

Just 72 hours after the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran, the war has already consumed nearly the entire Middle East,

reached the gates of Europe, and raised new fears of attacks on American soil.

This is the front page of the New York Times that we woke up to today.

U.S. troops killed as blasts jolt mid-east, fear of wider war after Iran's response.

Reuters, dueling headlines here.

Iran conflict widens to Lebanon. Kuwait mistakenly downs U.S. jets.

That's there right next to. Iran says straight of Hormuz, closed, warns it will attack ships trying to pass.

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