Ret. U.S. Army Colonel Lieutenant Tony Shaffer told Newsmax on Thursday that President Donald Trump must decide what he hopes “to accomplish politically” with Iran as he weighs whether to join Israel in attacking the country.

The White House announced Thursday that Trump will make a decision on whether or not to attack Iran over its nuclear program within the next two weeks.

Shaffer said on “American Agenda” that the U.S. “absolutely” has the “military capabilities” to assist Israel in attacking Iran, noting that “As matter of fact, we have options which we’re not even talking about, which are highly classified, which could be employed, which if given the chance … we could take it out.”

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