President Donald Trump said Thursday the Wall Street Journal “has no idea what” his thoughts on Iran are after the outlet reported he has authorized attack plans.
Trump blasted the Journal in a Truth Social post.
“The Wall Street Journal has No Idea what my thoughts are concerning Iran!” he wrote.
Citing three anonymous sources “familiar with deliberations,” the paper reported that Trump had authorized attack plans “but was holding off on giving the final order to see if Tehran will abandon its nuclear program.”
The story and Trump’s denial of it come after he kept the world guessing as to his next move on Wednesday. When asked if the U.S. was moving closer to striking Iran, Trump said, “I can’t say that.”
“You don’t seriously think I’m going to answer that question? ‘Will you strike the Iranian nuclear component, and what time exactly, Sir? Sir, would you strike it? Would you please inform us so we can be there and watch?’” he said.
“I mean, you don’t know that I’m going to do it. You don’t know. I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” he added.
