"Finish It Off or Make a Deal": Inside Trump's Iran Decision

The president says he faces a choice and won't telegraph it. Here is what is on the table, what Tehran is signaling, and why the clock runs past Nov. 3.

By Clara Hughes

President Trump laid out his Iran dilemma in plain words this weekend. "I have a decision to make: Do I finish it off, which would be very easy to do, or do I make a deal?" he said, according to The National. "We don't play games." Asked whether a strike was coming, he first suggested he'd be foolish to telegraph it, then added: "No. There will not be a strike today," CBS News reported. That's classic Trump: keep the adversary guessing, keep every option open. Here's what Altas readers need to know about the choice in front of him. Where things stand The war began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Feb.