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WASHINGTON � President Trump caught the world off-guard Saturday by
bombing three Iranian nuclear sites � after his apparently
strategic deception indicating that such strikes weren�t imminent
and trickery with the deployment of US Air Force B-2 bombers.
Trump said Thursday he would make a decision in the �next two
weeks� to allow more time for negotiations, giving the sense of
reprieve amid fevered speculation he might join Israel�s airstrikes.
�Based on the fact that there�s a substantial chance of
negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near
future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the
next two weeks,� Trump said in a statement just two days before the unprecedented US attack.
The timing was stunning in part because six B-2 stealth bombers
capable of carrying 30,000-pound �bunker buster� bombs had been
tracked leaving Missouri early Saturday � and were likely incapable
of reaching Iran until late Sunday, according to published flight
times.
The B-2 is believed to be the main type of plane capable of
delivering 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs capable of obliterating
underground facilities.
Israel lacked the planes needed to drop the heavy bombs and since
last Thursday had been dropping less-powerful 2,000-pound bombs.
Trump announced the attack shortly after returning to the White
House from his golf resort in Bedminster, NJ � a trip in which he
suspiciously took no reporter questions.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/21/us-news/trumps-iran-attack-catches- world-off-guard-after-fakeouts-with-b-2-flights-and-two-weeks-
timeframe/
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