The United States now appears at the cusp of a development scarcely conceivable just days ago: direct involvement in bombing Iran. What is Donald Trump doing? Iran strategists differ on some details but share one broad assessment of what the U.

Gen. Erik Kurilla “had better information about what [Israel was] up to ... than anyone else in our government,” a former U.S. official told HuffPost.

The U.S. commander in chief again urged the Islamic republic to reach an agreement “before it’s too late.” Trump’s comments during the gathering of world leaders came shortly before Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. laid out what it would take from Tehran for his government to end its strikes on what he dubbed “the head of the snake.”