Trump Meets With Top Advisers as He Weighs a Major Escalation in Iran

The New York Times | July 24, 2026, 4:07 p.m. | Original
President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has now lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight.
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