Trump considers using mother of all bombs on Iran, sources say
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Top officials have prepared a range of options for Trump to consider as he weighs further military escalation in Iran, sources told ABC News.
Sources are telling ABC News President Donald Trump
is considering whether to drop the so-called
mother of all bombs on Iran.
It's a 22,000 pound bomb, which he used before to target
an ISIS cave complex in Afghanistan in 2017.
Sources say the president has not yet made
a decision. Trump has said he will
not strike Iran before next month's elections.