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We don't know if that was Trump's core reason, or a convenient excuse that would be acceptable to the mob.
I don't think it was his core reason - I'm just taking the reason that Trump gave and Dope1 has accepted in past discussions.
I've said what I think the real core reason is. He thought he could get a history-making win at low cost. Venezuela 2.0. He was convinced that his wishcasting was true - that after a few weeks of bombing, Iran would be taken over by a different coterie of leaders that would be willing to bend the knee to the U.S. in exchange for riches and/or not being targeted by bombers. When that turned out not to be the case, he had no idea what to do next, flailed around for a while, and then ultimately capitulated to the reality that the U.S. could not achieve any of its war aims without a big ground invasion. Which he couldn't deliver, or even threaten, because of the way he started the war.
