White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Trump's Iran military decision during a Tuesday briefing after CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes questioned the rationale. Cordes noted that Trump initially claimed Iran would strike U.S. targets within seven days, later reducing that estimate to three days. She asked where Trump was obtaining this information. Leavitt insisted Trump was "not making anything up" and stated his decision was based on intelligence and negotiations with Iran over the past year. She emphasized that Trump would not allow the Iranian regime to threaten or attack the United States. When Cordes asked if Trump was fabricating justifications for war, Leavitt pushed back firmly, insisting the president acted on facts and intelligence. She concluded by stating Iran "chose this path to death and destruction."
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