Or vice-president JD Vance was in the Situation Room monitoring attacks against Iran last Friday night (27), alongside Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a source familiar with the matter.
They were connected to a conference line with President Donald Trump and the team gathered at Mar-a-Lago, the source added.
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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, confirmed the country’s attacks with Israel against Iran this Saturday (28). Trump described the military campaign as “massive and ongoing,” adding that American lives could be lost as a result.
Trump claims that the The objective of the offensive is to “defend the American people” from what he called “threats from the Iranian government”. In a video published on the social network Truth Social, the US president said he will destroy Iran’s missiles and guarantee that the Middle Eastern country will not have nuclear weapons.
An Israeli official said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was the target of a joint attack by the United States and Israel on the Iranian country this Saturday. The information was also confirmed to CNN by two sources close to the military operation.
In response, Iran attacked American bases in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. Other countries hit so far are Jordan and Iraq. According to the CNN team, It is an unprecedented attack in the Middle East.
One person died after being hit by debris in a residential area in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
