President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that US military forces had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, ending a weeklong deliberation period over joining Israel’s campaign against Tehran and thrusting the United States squarely into an escalating Middle East conflict.

President Donald Trump said Saturday night that U.S. warplanes "obliterated" three Iranian nuclear sites, while warning the Islamic regime to agree to peace or more attacks will follow.

President Donald Trump has long advocated for keeping the US out of Middle Eastern wars. By joining Israel’s offensive against Iran, he is making a dramatic geopolitical u-turn.

Wall Street was headed for a higher open on Friday, tracking strength in global stocks after President Donald Trump held off from making an immediate call on U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war. As hostilities between the two Middle Eastern countries approached their second week,