Why Trump chose military action now

For weeks Donald Trump threatened Iran with military strikes and on Saturday morning in Iran the bombing by US and Israeli forces began.

He says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed.

In a social media video, the US president urged the Iranian people to rise up and topple the regime.

Iran has responded by targeting Israel and US military bases across the region with drones and missiles, hitting targets in Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar. 

Today, Nate Swanson, Iran expert at the Atlantic Council on what could come next. 

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Nate Swanson, senior fellow and director of the Iran Strategy Project at the Atlantic Council