Trump blew Iran raid because of hunger for 'face time on TV': George Conway

The smoke had barely settled from the United States' bombing campaign against Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend when it became clear that — contrary to President Donald Trump's claims — Iran's nuclear facilities were not completely destroyed and their capabilities were only damaged.

And it appears that the president's thirst for spectacle and suspense may actually have given the Iranians the advanced warning they needed to thwart anything worse from happening to them, conservative attorney George Conway wrote on X Monday morning.

Conway, a frequent critic of Trump, was reacting to reporting highlighted by podcaster Jon Favreau, revealing that Iran "removed equipment and uranium" from the targeted sites, and that one unnamed military official called Trump the "biggest threat" to operational security during this strike.

"Sure seems like the Iranians were able to remove their highly enriched uranium out of the nuclear sites before they were hit because Trump couldn’t stop posting about how he might bomb them," wrote Favreau on X.

Conway agreed.

"Remember: Everything for him is about getting face time on TV looking tough. Reality and consequences don’t matter," he wrote.

Trump continues to insist that the operation was a success, posting on Sunday evening, "Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term!"

The president, however, has been loudly telegraphing that some sort of attack was coming for weeks, at one point even urging the citizens of Tehran, a national capital of roughly 10 million people, to evacuate.