Trump is weighing use of the 'mother of all bombs' on Iran's nuclear sites and energy infrastructure, reports reveal
Donald Trump, who told supporters at a midterm rally that government leakers "should be shot," claims a pre-strike intelligence leak forced him to delay Operation Midnight Hammer by two days.Donald Trump, pictured with Kash Patel, has publicly pledged to hold off fresh strikes until after November's midterm elections, though some advisers privately doubt the promise will hold.IRGC and Basij paramilitary forces parade through central Tehran. Pentagon planners warn the MOAB's vast blast radius raises serious civilian casualty concerns if deployed near populated Iranian energy sites.
US military planners have drawn up strike packages against Iranian nuclear facilities and energy infrastructure — including the underground complex at Pickaxe Mountain — that would deploy the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, the largest non-nuclear weapon in America's arsenal. Trump reportedly requested the additional options himself, and they could be executed either before or after November's midterm elections. One scenario envisions the strikes being followed by a full US military withdrawal from the region, a sequence that could let the administration claim victory and leave. At a Montana rally, Trump said the elimination of so many Iranian leaders had made peace talks harder, asking: 'I don't know who we're negotiating with.'
Officials privately doubt the MOAB can do the job — it destroys nine city blocks but cannot penetrate the deep granite shielding Iran's buried nuclear bunkers.
The 11-ton bomb is reportedly 'definitely not designed as a deep penetration warhead' and its main value may be psychological pressure on Tehran.
Trump told the Montana rally the war will 'end very quickly' after the midterms and predicted oil prices will 'come way down' when it does.
