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Why strike Iran now? Inside the Trump administration's shifting reasons. | CNN Politics

President Trump said the U.S. “forced Israel’s hand” to attack Iran just one day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran was going to “come after” the U.S. if “Israel attacked them”. CNN’s David Chalian tells the Inside Politics panel, “in the Oval Office, Donald Trump is course correcting here.”

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Why strike Iran now? Inside the Trump administration's shifting reasons. | CNN Politics

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Why strike Iran now? Inside the Trump administration's shifting reasons.

President Trump said the U.S. "forced Israel's hand" to attack Iran just one day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran was going to "come after" the U.S. if "Israel attacked them". CNN's David Chalian tells the Inside Politics panel, "in the Oval Office, Donald Trump is course correcting here."

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