Next up: coverage from the Ouija Board beat.
The big question for days has been whether or not President Trump will attack Iran.
A new report hit the press last night, alleging that he already made the call sometime Tuesday.
The Wall Street Journal was the first to report that the decision had been made, and the actual plan of attack against Iranian targets approved, ready for President Trump to simply give the final order to U.S. forces to execute that plan:
Exclusive: President Trump told senior aides he approved attack plans for Iran, but is holding off on giving the final order to see if Tehran will abandon its nuclear program https://t.co/w6awI3cmMH
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 18, 2025
That report was quickly picked up by most of the media after the WSJ went to press with this salacious headline:
The report was based on three different sources within the White House, and another inside the Pentagon (all anonymous, of course, as always), according to the Wall Street Journal.
The article pointed to the President’s remarks Wednesday from the White House lawn as corroboration for their report, according to that Wall Street Journal report carried on MSN.com:
President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off on giving the final order to see if Tehran will abandon its nuclear program, three people familiar with the deliberations said.
Since his private instructions in the White House Situation Room to the military, Trump has disclosed publicly that an attack is an option.
“I have ideas on what to do but I haven’t made a final—I like to make the final decision one second before it’s due,” he told reporters Wednesday.
Trump is hoping that threatening to join Israel’s strikes on Iran, which continued for a sixth day, will compel Tehran to meet his demands, the people said. He acknowledged that a U.S. attack was under consideration but said he still may decide against it.
A senior White House official said multiple options remain on the table, and that Trump will continue to watch how the Israelis operate.
At the Pentagon, officials said the administration was considering options for conducting an attack on Iran but the president hasn’t given a final order. So far the U.S. has limited its military role to assisting Israel in defending against Iranian missiles and drones, officials say. (Emphasis Added.)
It is not uncommon to prep attack plans in advance in order to green light the operation on a moment’s notice.
But the President certainly didn’t give any credence to the WSJ’s assertion when he responded to that report this morning via his Truth Social account:
That puts the French President Macron and the WSJ on equal footing with President Trump.
He has pushed back against BOTH for speaking out of turn this week — on this exact matter, come to think of it!
The President basically laughed in a reporter’s face Wednesday morning for assuming he would speak openly off-the-cuff about the potential for an attack before it happens, hours prior to the WSJ’s report:
NEW: Construction workers start laughing in the background as Trump roasts a reporter who asked for his attack plans on Iran.
Reporter: Can you answer questions about whether you are moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities?
Trump: You don't seriously think I'm… pic.twitter.com/rnltng4Z2L
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2025
You might think the WSJ would have enough foresight to know President Trump would slam their reporting based on their myriads of ‘anonymous sources’.
Particularly after watching him derisively dismiss one reporter for daring to ask him to disclose those strategic decisions publicly — just hours before the WSJ went to press, without a single person willing to go on record to back up their report!
Again, yesterday, before the WSJ published their report claiming knowledge of the President’s internal decision making…
The President sat right in front of reporters in the Oval Office… hinting that he might be willing to allow an Iranian delegation to come to the White House — to negotiate a deal:
The President is also still engaged in the decision making process on how to handle the Israel-Iran situation.
That is obvious, as he is continuing to meet with his National Security Council over the issue even today, as reported by The Hill:
Charles Dow was a “Bush Republican” 120 years ago
. 64 years ago WSJ was “required reading” for some classes. But Student rate was only $1 a year. It was clear their “reporters” were for the bigs: government, business. The next year their “news” supported the UINPARTY – “Barry is an extremist”
Barry 2 years later tried to defend America at convention
“EXTREMISM IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY ….!”!
Conservatives loved the speech; but “middle of the road” (moderates since Ronny) and “Bush Republicans” aka lefties said it was bad.
When the Ausi leftist took it over he did not change it. Lefty fake news HAS BEEN THE WSJ’s “Stock in trade” for at least 65years!