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Precipitated him ordering the strike. >> and the president had actually said earlier today because it was an unmanned drone, it's not as serious. but to nancy's point that john bolton may have had the day until something happened, earlier this evening in the show i spoke to michael crowley one of the reporters at "the new york times" who broke the story. listen to what he told me. >> as late as 7:00 or so this evening, officials in the u.s. government do believe that there would be strikes on iran. our understanding was that this approval by president trump followed a spirited debate among top...

Tangled up in middle east conflicts, wars are expensive and basically doesn't seem to have much appetite for that type of a thing. what may be going on here is that trump has put so much focus on iran, and made it almost kind of a prideful battle with the regime in teheran, dating back to his denunciations of the iran nuclear deal, his withdrawal from the deal last year, that it has become a kind of matter of pride as well as very real gio strategic issues like the strait of hormuz. >> i want to just update the story that you have just found, michael. the operation was underway and in its earl...

Something we should shy away from, that our adversaries have to be met with force, and i think that philosophy has a strong current in the trump administration. what's interesting is that donald trump himself has often struck a very different tone. of course he was extremely critical, even as a candidate of the u.s. war in iraq, has repeatedly said that america has made dumb mistakes getting tangled up in middle east conflicts, wars are expensive and basically doesn't seem to have much appetite for that type of a thing. what may be going on here is that trump has put so much focus on iran, and...

Iran for attacks on two tankers last week in the gulf of oman. iran has denied any responsibility for those attacks. here for our leadoff discussion on a thursday night, our friend michael crowley, newly minted white house correspondent for the "new york times." tessa barrenson, white house correspondent for time magazine who interviewed the president this week, and with me ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser, a piece posted in the "new york times," along with maggie haberman, michael schmidt, the president had approved military strikes against iran to take place before dawn fr...

Be curious, sort of what precipitated him ordering the strike. >> and the president had actually said earlier today because it was an unmanned drone, it's not as serious. but to nancy's point that john bolton may have had the day until something happened, earlier this evening in the show i spoke to michael crowley one of the reporters at "the new york times" who broke the story. listen to what he told me. >> as late as 7:00 or so this evening, officials in the u.s. government do believe that there would be strikes on iran. our understanding was that this approval by president trump followed a ...