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From Jerusalem, Israel) The last time Donald Trump had lunch with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, he revealed that he had initiated negotiations with Iran to cancel its nuclear initiative.
The Israeli premier was surprised by the geopolitical decision of the President of the United States and replied that it would only serve for Iran to accelerate its technical processes to enrich uranium destined for the manufacture of atomic bombs.
Trump assured Netanyahu that he would reach an agreement with the religious leader Ali Khamenei, a mortal enemy of Israel.
From that day in Washington, April 7, 2025, Netanyahu dedicated himself to preparing the "Rising Lion" operation, which led to the preemptive attack carried out by Israel in the last 40 hours.
In Oman and Italy, Steve Witkoff - Trump's special envoy - and Iranian Chancellor Abbas Araqchi met several times to advance bilateral negotiations. But it was all in vain.
The United States proposed dismantling the ayatollahs' nuclear initiative, and Khamenei rejected that proposal, which implied losing their strategic advantage in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Netanyahu was adjusting his "Rising Lion" operation and lobbying at the White House to warn that Iran was only buying time to complete its technical cycle of enriched uranium.
In the early hours of June 13, Netanyahu ordered the preemptive strike against Iran to begin. That attack wreaked havoc on the power structure led by Ayatollah Khameini.
Faced with the magnitude of the Israeli offensive, the Iranian regime considered the possibility of using the next meeting with the United States to agree to a truce with Israel through the political relationship that Trump has with Netanyahu.
But that conflict hypothesis imploded when Trump revealed that he knew about the "Rising Lion" operation.
Two days before it began, Netanyahu announced to Trump by phone that it was imminent.
"The continuation of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States is unjustifiable in a situation where the barbarity of the Zionist regime continues," Foreign Minister Araqchi told his European Union counterpart, Kaja Kallas.
"The coordination of the Zionist regime with the United States in its aggression against Iranian territory amid negotiations is a demonstration of the dishonesty and unreliability of the United States," said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
In this complex scenario, Netanyahu will advance on the White House to request its military power to destroy the Iranian nuclear program that is being completed in the underground facilities of Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan.
The Pentagon holds an arsenal of ultra-large bombs (13.6 tons) known as Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which are used against underground targets.
Those bunker-buster bombs - with a net load of 2.4 tons of explosives - are launched with B-2 stealth bombers, and can complete the military task that Israel began 40 hours ago.
Netanyahu summoned his cabinet tonight to discuss the next stages of the offensive against Iran. In his roadmap - Infobae was told from Tel Aviv - is to add the Pentagon as a strategic ally in the operation Rising Lion.
