The Trump administration can't align on a reason for going to war with Iran

The Trump administration can't align on a reason for going to war with Iran Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 03/03/2026 - 18:11 US president said he may have forced Israel's hand into a war with Iran, contradicting the secretary of state's reasoning just a day earlier US President Donald Trump, centre, hosts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, at the White House, accompanied by US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth to Trump's right, in Washington, DC, on 3 March 2026 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Off The Trump administration's rationale for the US - Israeli war on Iran has been inconsistent at best, and incoherent at worst.   In what appeared to be a contradiction of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks just one day earlier, President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that "if anything, I might have forced Israel's hand" into a war on Iran . "It was my opinion that [Iran was] going to attack first...