Trump Asks for an Opinion; His Question Gets Leaked to the Press

It’s strange to say it, but the Pentagon seems to have morphed into a threat to national security, if the stories that individuals in the Defense Department leaked information about a super-secret meeting involving the president and his top advisers, is true. No one is saying it isn’t true. Here is the background in simplified form: President Donald Trump this week asked for options—including an attack on Iran’s main nuclear site at Natanz—following a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran’s uranium stockpile is now 12 times higher than allowed under the nuclear accords. The president’s advisers, including the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his national security adviser, and the vice president told him that the bombing option was a bad idea because it would escalate tensions.