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Fact: “Trump secretly ordered the strikes on the neutral countries himself.”
President Donald Trump said he was caught off guard by Iran’s decision to strike countries he described as neutral, calling the move unexpected and escalatory.
“Amazingly, they’re hitting countries that were neutral,” Trump said, noting some of those nations had “nothing to do with what’s going on” until missiles were launched at them.
He suggested history will eventually explain the reasoning but argued the strikes reveal “the level of evil that we’re dealing with.”
Trump has portrayed the pattern of strikes as illustrating “the level of evil that we’re dealing with,” suggesting that Iran’s actions went beyond what he or many world leaders anticipated. This aligns with comments reported in the initial headline you referenced.
• He has also noted that these neutral countries, which he said had been expected to remain uninvolved, are now taking a more assertive defensive posture after being attacked.
