Trump Says He Considered Special Ops Raid on Iranian Nuclear Sites but ‘Didn’t Want to Be Jimmy Carter’
Trump said a special operation to recover Iran's nuclear fuel would've taken up to two weeks and come with a high risk of U.S. troops being killed.
TL;DR
- President Trump considered a special operations mission to recover enriched uranium from Iran.
- He cited the risks involved and did not want to repeat the failures of President Jimmy Carter's Operation Eagle Claw.
- Operation Eagle Claw, a 1980 attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran, ended in failure and the deaths of eight service members.