President Donald Trump kept the world on edge Wednesday when pressed for updates regarding the Israel-Iran war, signaling he won’t telegraph whether he’ll deploy U.S. military assets.
Trump abruptly returned to Washington, D.C., from the Group of 7 Summit in Canada early Tuesday morning and convened a meeting of his National Security Council in the Situation Room, spurring reports that the president might soon enter the war effort against Iran.
But U.S. warplanes did not aid Israeli forces in bombing Iranian military targets Tuesday night, and Trump stated at the White House Wednesday morning that he is intentionally not tipping his hand.
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“You don’t seriously think I’m going to answer that question,” the president responded when asked when the United States might enter the fray.
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