Iran strikes: Trump's biggest, riskiest foreign policy gamble

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Protesters hold a rally denouncing the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, near the US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, on June 22, 2025.

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch foe, US President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid - intervene militarily in a major foreign war.

The dramatic US strike, including the targeting of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear installation deep underground, marks the biggest foreign policy gamble of Trump’s two presidencies and one fraught with risks and unknowns.