Trump opted for talks with Iran on nuclear deal rather than Israeli-led strikes

President Donald Trump opted to engage in diplomatic talks with Iran on a nuclear deal rather than go ahead with Israeli proposed strikes on the nation. Officials with the Trump administration who spoke with The New York Times indicated that while Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu was interested in attacking Iran, Trump told him during their White House meeting that he would instead begin talks.

Netanyahu had other ideas on how to deal with Iran, namely engaging US military support to attack Iran, and his timeline was to start the whole thing as soon as May. Trump, the Times reported, "made his decision after months of internal debate over whether to pursue diplomacy or support Israel in seeking to set back Iran’s ability to build a bomb, at a time when Iran has been weakened militarily and economically."