On Saturday, one week after a deadly strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building in Iran, Donald Trump finally commented on the horrific incident. Asked by a reporter whether the United States was responsible, the president replied, “No. In my opinion and based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran. … We think it was done by Iran.” As a rule in the Republican administration, officials are expected to endorse everything Trump says without regard for evidence or propriety. But in this instance, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike W

On Saturday, one week after a deadly strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building in Iran, Donald Trump finally commented on the horrific incident. Asked by a reporter whether the United States was responsible, the president replied, “No. In my opinion and based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran. … We think it was done by Iran.” As a rule in the Republican administration, officials are expected to endorse everything Trump says without regard for evidence or propriety. But in this instance, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike W