Vince

their problem but he appeared to remain very interested in accomplishing parts one and two okay so here's the president deliberating talking about how we do this what's actually achievable what's in the american interest how out of control israel is being here and then the other piece was you know what did these guys all think of going in and so the president asked each of his cabinet members

what they thought of all of this and it came down to in the end that jd vance expressed skepticism about going in this is here's thursday february 26th let me take you to that moment

They said they had a final situation room meeting.

It got underway.

By now the positions of everybody in the room were clear.

Everybody had discussed everything in previous meetings.

Everybody knew where everybody else stood.

The discussion would last about an hour and a half.

Listen to how healthy and productive this is, guys.

This is the way adults handle conversations.

This is the way a healthy administration conducts this.

Mr. Trump was in his usual place at the head of the table.

To his right sat the vice president.

Next to Mr. Vance was Susie Wiles, then John Ratcliffe, then the White House counsel, David Warrington, then Stephen Chung, who's the White House comms director.

And then there's Caroline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, and then General Cain, Pete Hegseth, and Marco Rubio.

They kept it tight, the group.

Mr. Hegseth and Mr. Cain ran through the sequencing of attacks.

Then Mr. Trump went around the table and got everybody's views.

J.D.

Vance, whose disagreement with the whole premise was well established, addressed the president.