‘Trump got played by Israel; some might say manipulated’: Analysis

The US President says a full payload of bombs was dropped on each Iranian nuclear site. Donald Trump says operations at the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan plants have been “totally obliterated”. Al Jazeera asked Scott Lucas, a professor of US and international politics at University College Dublin, why Trump decided to strike Iran after appearing to opt for diplomacy until recently, with a sixth round of US-Iran talks scheduled for a week ago. “Because Donald Trump got played by the Israelis; some might say manipulated,” Lucas told Al Jazeera. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://x.com/ajenglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #USAttacksIran #DonaldTrump #OperationMidnightHammer #Iran #Israel #UnitedStates #IranIsraelWar #Fordow #Natanz #Isfahan #IranNuclearSites #IranNuclearProgram #IsraelAttacksIran #OperationRisingLion #US #USStrikesIran #IRGC #AyatollahAliKhamenei #BenjaminNetanyahu #AlJazeeraEnglish