President Trump’s Blunt Response to Report He Has Already Approved Iran Attack Plan

The big question for days has been whether or not President Trump will attack Iran.

A new report hit the press last night, alleging that he already made the call sometime Tuesday.

The Wall Street Journal was the first to report that the decision had been made, and the actual plan of attack against Iranian targets approved, ready for President Trump to simply give the final order to U.S. forces to execute that plan:

Exclusive: President Trump told senior aides he approved attack plans for Iran, but is holding off on giving the final order to see if Tehran will abandon its nuclear program https://t.co/w6awI3cmMH

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 18, 2025

That report was quickly picked up by most of the media after the WSJ went to press with this salacious headline:

The report was based on three different sources within the White House, and another inside the Pentagon (all anonymous, of course, as always), according to the Wall Street Journal.

The article pointed to the President’s remarks Wednesday from the White House lawn as corroboration for their report, according to that Wall Street Journal report carried on MSN.com:

President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off on giving the final order to see if Tehran will abandon its nuclear program, three people familiar with the deliberations said.

Since his private instructions in the White House Situation Room to the military, Trump has disclosed publicly that an attack is an option.

“I have ideas on what to do but I haven’t made a final—I like to make the final decision one second before it’s due,” he told reporters Wednesday.

Trump is hoping that threatening to join Israel’s strikes on Iran, which continued for a sixth day, will compel Tehran to meet his demands, the people said. He acknowledged that a U.S. attack was under consideration but said he still may decide against it.

A senior White House official said multiple options remain on the table, and that Trump will continue to watch how the Israelis operate.

At the Pentagon, officials said the administration was considering options for conducting an attack on Iran but the president hasn’t given a final order. So far the U.S. has limited its military role to assisting Israel in defending against Iranian missiles and drones, officials say. (Emphasis Added.)

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It is not uncommon to prep attack plans in advance in order to green light the operation on a moment’s notice.

But the President certainly didn’t give any credence to the WSJ’s assertion when he responded to that report this morning via his Truth Social account:

Here’s the text of the President’s blunt pushback against the WSJ report, in case that is hard to read:

The Wall Street Journal has No Idea what my thoughts are concerning Iran!

That puts the French President Macron and the WSJ on equal footing with President Trump.

He has pushed back against BOTH for speaking out of turn this week — on this exact matter, come to think of it!

The President basically laughed in a reporter’s face Wednesday morning for assuming he would speak openly off-the-cuff about the potential for an attack before it happens, hours prior to the WSJ’s report:

NEW: Construction workers start laughing in the background as Trump roasts a reporter who asked for his attack plans on Iran.

Reporter: Can you answer questions about whether you are moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities?

Trump: You don't seriously think I'm… pic.twitter.com/rnltng4Z2L

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2025

You might think the WSJ would have enough foresight to know President Trump would slam their reporting based on their myriads of ‘anonymous sources’.

Particularly after watching him derisively dismiss one reporter for daring to ask him to disclose those strategic decisions publicly — just hours before the WSJ went to press, without a single person willing to go on record to back up their report!

Again, yesterday, before the WSJ published their report claiming knowledge of the President’s internal decision making…

The President sat right in front of reporters in the Oval Office… hinting that he might be willing to allow an Iranian delegation to come to the White House — to negotiate a deal:

JUST IN: Trump has approved attack plans against Iran, but has withheld final order to see if Tehran comes to the negotiating table, according to the WSJ.

The report comes as it is being reported that Trump is now in the Situation Room with his National Security Council.

“Trump… pic.twitter.com/Na8V5IaKyC

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2025

The President’s own actions show he is still engaged in the decision making process on how to handle the Israel-Iran situation.

That is obvious, as he is continuing to meet with his National Security Council over the issue even today, as reported by The Hill:

President Trump on Thursday pushed back on reporting that he had given approval for attack plans against Iran as he publicly insists he has yet to decide on a path forward.

The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday that Trump had approved of attack plans for Iran but was waiting to give a final order in case Tehran agreed to abandon its nuclear program.

Trump met in the Situation Room for a second consecutive day Wednesday with members of his national security team amid conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran.

The U.S. has not been directly involved in strikes against Iran thus far, and some of Trump’s allies have cautioned against engaging in a war with Iran. But the president’s rhetoric in recent days has gotten more threatening toward Tehran, including a social media post targeting Iran’s supreme leader.

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And wouldn’t you know it… Iran may be talking tough from one side of it’s mouth, vowing retribution.

But on the other hand, they have apparently continued pushing for more negotiations to get the Israeli onslaught to stop — and avoid the potential of American strikes against them.

Journalist Nick Sortor emphasized Iran’s position on that front this morning, ironically enough, by highlighting a WSJ headline touting Iran’s willingness to negotiate!:

🚨 JUST IN: Iran has told the United States they will return to the negotiating table if the U.S. doesn’t join the attack, per WSJ

Looks like Trump’s plan is working.

NO U.S. INVOLVEMENT! pic.twitter.com/Kz9ELu0L9f

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 16, 2025

That, coupled with the President’s consistent insistence that a deal could still be made — though it would likely be along the lines of COMPLETE SURRENDER — means the President’s hand is growing stronger every day.

Anyone who has lived through a war — even from thousands of miles away via modern technology — knows the old adages about the “fog of war” are true.

And according to President Trump, the Wall Street Journal just stepped right into a big pile of fake news.

Must be foggy out.