Trump Campaigned on Staying Out of Wars. Now He’s Changing His Tune on Iran

When President Donald Trump ducked out early from a meeting with G-7 nations in the Canadian mountain resort of Kananaskis on June 16, he said he needed to get back to Washington as strikes escalated between Israel and Iran. He didn’t like relying on phone calls, he told reporters on Air Force One, and he wanted to be a “little bit, I think, more well versed.” For the normally freewheeling Trump, it was a sign of the gravity of the moment, a rare acknowledgement that he didn’t have enough information to handle a hair-trigger situation.