Claims: Trump discussed nukes against Iran in closed-door meetings

Former Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene has made an explosive allegation that the president and senior advisers have discussed using nuclear weapons against Iran

Marjorie Taylor Greene has made one of the most extraordinary allegations yet surrounding the war with Iran, claiming Donald Trump and senior administration officials have discussed the use of nuclear weapons against Tehran in closed-door strategy meetings.

The former Georgia congresswoman, once one of Trump's most vocal supporters, made the claim in a lengthy post on X.

Greene insisted she was not speculating, writing that she “know[s]” the discussions are taking place and describing the prospect of using nuclear weapons as “pure evil”.

The White House was contacted for comment on the allegation.

From Trump loyalist to fierce critic

Greene's intervention carries particular political weight because of her history with Trump.

She was once regarded as one of his most reliable supporters in Congress, but the relationship has since dramatically deteriorated. Greene ultimately resigned from her Georgia congressional seat after becoming an increasingly vocal critic of the administration.

Her latest allegation therefore comes from someone who knows the Trump movement from the inside, although that does not by itself establish that her claim about nuclear discussions is true.

What she says she knows, however, is potentially explosive.

Greene warns of a nuclear threshold being crossed

Greene argued that the United States should never again cross the nuclear threshold because of the catastrophic consequences witnessed when atomic bombs were used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

She pointed to the immediate deaths, radiation sickness and long-term suffering caused by those attacks and warned that a nuclear strike on Iran could unleash consequences far beyond the battlefield.

Her central argument is that the United States could be moving towards a decision with consequences that would extend far beyond Iran.

She accused the administration of discussing a lowering of the threshold for nuclear weapons even while Trump repeatedly claims that the war has already been won.

The Iran intelligence question

Greene also challenged the justification for the wider conflict.

She claimed that US intelligence assessments had indicated that Iran was not close to producing a nuclear weapon, while arguing that Israel had repeatedly warned that Tehran was only weeks away from obtaining one.

According to Greene, Washington went to war despite those intelligence assessments.

She then connected that decision to the continuing crisis surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that Iran has subsequently used control of the strategic waterway to punish the region.

Those claims are part of Greene's broader political argument and should not be confused with independently established evidence.

An extraordinary allegation with extraordinary consequences

The nuclear allegation is nevertheless serious.

If nuclear weapons were genuinely being considered as part of US strategy towards Iran, it would represent a dramatic escalation of the conflict and raise profound questions about America's military objectives.

A nuclear strike would also carry consequences far beyond Iran, potentially transforming a regional war into a much wider confrontation.

Greene warned that such a move could trigger what she described as a “nuclear holocaust”, potentially dragging other countries into a major conflict while causing enormous economic and humanitarian damage.

Trump faces a new political headache

The significance of Greene's intervention goes beyond the nuclear claim itself.

Trump came to power promising to avoid endless foreign wars and to put American interests first.

Now one of his former allies is accusing his administration of contemplating precisely the kind of escalation that Trump once promised Americans he would avoid.

That creates a politically awkward question for the White House.

Is the United States seeking a decisive end to the Iran war — or preparing to escalate it into something far more dangerous?

At this stage, Greene's allegation remains an allegation, not proof that Trump has ordered or approved the use of nuclear weapons.

But given the stakes involved, it is a claim the White House cannot simply allow to hang unanswered.

If there really have been discussions about crossing the nuclear threshold, the world deserves to know.

And if there have not, Trump has every reason to say so.

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No fan of either Trump or Greene.......but there's a huge difference between a bit of way-out bluesky thinking and actually "considering".

If serious consideration was given to the nuclear option then that is definitely concerning, especially with the likes of Hegseth giving advice.

If true, it will likely accelerate the goals of many non nuclear nations to acquire nuclear weapons.

It is the ultimate "mutually assured destruction" deterrence against such attacks.

If Iran already had such weapons, and the ability to reach the continental US, there is no way Trump would have carried out his attacks. Now he has made them even more determined to have them, and likely the rest of the Middle East will follow suit if MTG's comments are indeed proven true.

Let's hope t's just bulls**t.