Despite President Donald Trump’s bold claims that US airstrikes had “completely obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, a new report reveals that the US president held back from authorizing a far more extensive military campaign that could have severely crippled Iran’s capabilities.

President Donald Trump passed on a chance to launch a sustained strike on Iran that could have fully dismantled the country’s nuclear program. Months in the making, the plan was crafted by the commander of the U.