TRUMP SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT: Says Israel Didn’t Force My Hand on Iran — “If Anything, I Might Have Forced Israel’s Hand”

President Donald Trump is pushing back hard against critics who claim that Israel dragged the United States into the escalating war with Iran.

On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Capitol Hill to brief members of Congress on President Donald Trump’s decisive strikes against Iran’s military infrastructure.

According to Rubio, the regime had already delegated launch authority to field commanders. Within an hour of the initial strike on a leadership compound, missile...