The temperature in the Middle East is no longer rising. It’s boiling. President Donald Trump is now staring down a decision that could define the next decade of American foreign policy. The question is not whether Israel is at war with Iran. That’s already underway. The question is whether the United States will be pulled into it. And if so, whether that pull is voluntary or engineered.
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern has stepped into the spotlight with a warning that’s hard to ignore. He believes Trump may have been mousetrapped by Israel into joining a war he didn’t initiate. The mechanism? Leaked intelligence, conveniently timed, fed to Israeli newspapers and then echoed across Western media. The implication is clear. Israel wants backup. And it wants it now.
US intelligence isn’t bad. They just lie all the time pic.twitter.com/twOyNi57pu
— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) June 19, 2025
And now, Israel begins to publicly pressure Trump into joining the Iran war via "leaked sources" to their newspapers.
Read between the lines, this means that the U.S. is likely getting cold feet on plans they previously approved, and Israel is trying to make a push behind the… pic.twitter.com/kiC3YcGx3O
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) June 19, 2025
Trump has not committed U.S. forces to the fight. Not yet. But the pressure is mounting. Israeli airstrikes have already taken out key Iranian nuclear facilities. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that centrifuge production sites in Karaj and Tehran were hit. Israel’s military says over 50 fighter jets were deployed in a single night. The target list included uranium enrichment infrastructure and F-14 fighter jets parked at Tehran’s main airport. Iran’s response has been blunt. Missiles have landed in Israeli cities. Hospitals have been hit. Civilians are dead.
Inside the Beltway, the mood is shifting. Lawmakers from both parties are now pushing legislation to limit Trump’s war powers. Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Tim Kaine are leading the charge. Their message is simple. If there’s going to be a war, Congress must authorize it. The Constitution demands it. The American people expect it. And the polling backs that up. A University of Maryland survey conducted in May found that only 14 percent of Americans support military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear program.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5350196-trump-israel-iran-conflict-oil-prices/
https://time.com/7294985/iran-israel-trump-us-war-powers-congress-massie-khanna-kaine/