Patience Expired: How Trump moved from talks to strikes on Iran

Facing a stalled diplomatic push, President Trump shifted from last‑ditch talks with Iran to military action after the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford and a weekend of high‑level diplomacy. Kushner and Witkoff led a Geneva mission that failed to secure Iran’s pledge to forgo nuclear weapons, despite offers to halt enrichment. With Arab allies urging caution and a broad U.S. and Israeli strike plan in place, Trump approved coordinated attacks, launched while he oversaw operations from Mar‑a‑Lago and the Situation Room, marking Washington’s most expansive confrontation with Tehran to date.