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In a meeting on Thursday that was intended to focus on the governance of Gaza, President Trump brought up another brewing conflict.

Alex Ward is a national security reporter for The Wall Street Journal and has been tracking the escalating tensions.

U.S.

diplomats met with Iranian counterparts earlier this week in Switzerland to discuss curbing Tehran's nuclear program.

Ward says the two sides still appear very far apart.

The U.S.

has sent a significant military fleet to the region, including one aircraft carrier with another on the way, as well as the largest amount of air power in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq war.

Iran so far has not built up its forces, but has warned that it's prepared to retaliate should the U.S.

attack.

Ward says that until recently, Trump's team had only been discussing larger scale strike options against Iran to force regime change.

Now, however, there appears to be another option on the table.

Ward reported it first for the Journal.

And that, Ward says, is the larger risk for Trump here.

Ward reports a limited strike like this is similar to one Trump considered against North Korea in 2018 when his administration said it wanted to give the country a so-called bloody nose to force a deal on nuclear arms.