Trump Says He Might Strike Iran—and That He Defines 'America First'

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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President Trump says he'll decide within two weeks whether to help Israel destroy the Iranian nuclear program, which might mean hitting the Fordow enrichment site, which is buried in a mountain, using U.S. bunker-buster bombs. Some MAGA Republicans argue this isn't "America First," but do they misunderstand Trump's views about when the U.S. can act decisively? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.1	President Trump says he'll decide within two weeks whether the U.S. military will join Israel in striking Iran's nuclear
0:46.3	weapons program, offering another window for diplomatic disarmament. Meantime, Republicans and
0:52.4	Trump supporters debate how hitting Iran would fit into the president's
0:56.2	America First Message. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We're joined today by my
1:03.2	colleague's columnist Kim Strassel and editorial board member Kate Batchelder O'Dell. Iran's nuclear
1:09.9	ambitions have been dealt a setback by days now
1:12.5	of Israeli airstrikes, but the enrichment cited Fordow south of Tehran, where it's believed to be
1:18.6	producing highly enriched uranium, is buried deep inside a mountain. The U.S., though, has the
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