Republished with permission from Lucian K. Truscott IV
In an almost unheard-of departure from his normal weekend routine, President Donald Trump will leave his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to return to the White House Saturday for a third top-secret meeting in the Situation Room with his national security team. Trump is expected to chair another meeting in the Situation Room on Sunday as well.
Axios reported on Sunday morning that six—count ’em, six—B-2 bombers and their accompanying aerial refueling aircraft took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri headed west, according to flight-tracking reports. Fox News reported this morning that the B-2 bombers refueled after leaving Whiteman, “suggesting they launched without full fuel tanks due to a heavy onboard payload, which could be bunker-buster bombs.”
The B-2’s are said to be on their way to Guam, where the U.S. maintains an airbase with an especially long runway to accomodate bombers. Guam could be a waystation on their way to the U.S. airbase in Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean where the U.S. maintains a large navy base, and an airbase housing the 36th Wing of the 11th Air Force and the 730th Air Mobility Squadron of the 315th Air Mobility Operations Group.
The New York Times and the Washington Post have recently reported that if the U.S. were to bomb the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo, the base at Diego Garcia would be the most likely place for B-2 bombers to begin their mission.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters on Saturday morning that Iran has had “many indications” that the U.S. has been aiding Israel’s air campaign against Iran “from day one.” Araghchi went on to say that Iran had been paying attention to Trump’s “tweets” regarding U.S. intentions with respect to Iran. “Unfortunately, we have heard that the U.S. may join in this aggression. That would be very unfortunate and I think that would be very, very dangerous for everybody.”
With U.S. bombers in the air over the Pacific headed for the Indian Ocean and a possible attack on Iran, and Donald Trump himself headed back to the White House, interrupting his sacred Saturday at his golf club/burial ground in Bedminster (Trump’s former wife Ivana is buried on the grounds of the golf club), he posted this on Truth Social this morning:
“I am very happy to report that I have arranged, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a wonderful Treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Rwanda, in their War, which was known for violent bloodshed and death, more so even than most other Wars, and has gone on for decades. Representatives from Rwanda and the Congo will be in Washington on Monday to sign Documents. This is a Great Day for Africa and, quite frankly, a Great Day for the World! I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia (A massive Ethiopian built dam, stupidly financed by the United States of America, substantially reduces the water flowing into The Nile River), and I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords in the Middle East which, if all goes well, will be loaded to the brim with additional Countries signing on, and will unify the Middle East for the first time in “The Ages!” No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”
Nothing to see here, folks. Just another Saturday in the good ole’ U.S.A.
[Before this was ready to post here, things escalated and Lucian posted this:He did it. The U.S. is at war with Iran.
The Bomber-in-Chief announced this evening on Truth Social that U.S. bombers have attacked Iranian nuclear sites at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan early Sunday morning local time. He did it this weekend, because “the president wants the shock of the bombing to be diminished as much as possible by the opening of Wall Street trading on Monday,” as Sy Hersh predicted on Thursday.
Here is Trump’s message on Truth Social:
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Attention to this matter is being paid in Israel where American citizens are being airlifted out of the country.
There will be repercussions in the Middle East and here at home. Iran is not going to take this lying down.
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Lucian K. Truscott IV, a graduate of West Point, has had a 50-year career as a journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He has covered stories such as Watergate, the Stonewall riots and wars in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also the author of five bestselling novels and several unsuccessful motion pictures. He has three children, lives in rural Pennsylvania and spends his time Worrying About the State of Our Nation and madly scribbling in a so-far fruitless attempt to Make Things Better.
