Addressing reporters after a briefing with Suckretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson summed up the rationale for going to war with “Israel was determined to act in their defense here, with or without our help… Because Israel was determined to act, with or without the US, our commander in chief had a very difficult decision to make…”
Which means that Trump had no agency, couldn’t have just told “Bibi” to go fuck himself, we’re not helping, and relied on the robust missile defense systems on the Middle East bases to hold up if the Iranians targeted American assets in retaliation for and IDF attack, according to Johnson.