Is He Making This Up?' CBS Reporter Flat Out Asks Leavitt If Trump's Reason For Attacking Iran Is Fake

"Well, that's not the first time the President has said that he chose to launch Operation Epic Fury because he felt as though Iran was going to strike the United States and our assets in the region first. Again, I addressed this in the last briefing. This was a feeling the President had based on facts—facts provided to him by his top negotiators who had been engaged with the Iranian regime in a good-faith effort."

"The Iranian regime was lying, deceiving the United States of America, clearly trying to continue their nuclear program to create a bomb that would, of course, threaten the United States of America. Again, their ballistic missile arsenal—they were rapidly and aggressively increasing that by the month to a place where they would essentially build immunity for themselves."

"The President is not making anything up, Nancy. He is looking at this every single day based on intelligence, based on facts, and based on intelligence that he himself and his team have access to."

CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Nancy Cordes questioned White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about President Trump's justification for launching Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Trump claimed Iran would strike U.S. targets within seven days, later reducing this to three days. Cordes asked where Trump obtained this information and whether he was fabricating claims to justify military action. Leavitt responded that Trump's decision was based on intelligence and facts provided by top negotiators engaged with Iran. She characterized Iran as deceptive regarding its nuclear program and rapidly expanding ballistic missile arsenal. Leavitt asserted Trump was not making anything up and was acting based on daily intelligence assessments. However, Cordes noted that no U.S. or Israeli leaders were making identical claims about the imminent threat.

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