Murphy: Trump Requested Post-Midterm Iran War Plan — SkimNews
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- Chris Murphy disclosed on Oct. 28 that he and other lawmakers received a classified briefing in which administration officials described a “short-duration” plan to restart military operations after the midterms; Murphy said Trump had asked officials to develop it and warned it would prolong the war and undermine U.S. rule-of-law commitments.
- U.S. Central Command leaders and the Pentagon are developing a wide-ranging target list that includes Iranian energy infrastructure, military sites and nuclear facilities, CNN reported; Trump, however, has not decided whether to order major action.
- Gulf Arab countries have been told to prepare for a short, intense U.S. military campaign in Iran after the midterms, the Wall Street Journal reported; Trump separately told a Lubbock rally crowd, “You’ll see Iran in a couple of weeks.”
- JD Vance, with Trump’s approval, reportedly sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, to test common ground and persuade Trump not to order an attack; Trump publicly denied directing the outreach.
- Abbas Araghchi wrote in a Financial Times op-ed that Iran is firmly committed to seeking a dignified peaceful resolution and fully prepared to defend itself, while saying the White House’s threats leave little reason for progress.
- Sina Toossi said he increasingly believes infrastructure warfare between the U.S./Israel and Iran on an unprecedented scale is inevitable, while expecting Iranian retaliation to compel a quick end; otherwise, he warned, attacks on critical regional energy infrastructure would worsen the energy crisis and likely push the U.S. into recession.
Why it matters: For Gulf allies and the U.S. economy, the post-midterm timetable is concrete: a reported target list includes Iranian energy infrastructure, while Sina Toossi warned that if the infrastructure war continues, energy destruction would worsen the existing crisis and likely push the U.S. into recession. That sharply tests the “short-duration” framing.
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