Trump considering strikes on Iranian energy targets within days

President Trump is seriously considering launching attacks against energy targets in Iran in the next few days, but hasn't given final orders to do it, a U.S. official told Axios on Friday.

Why it matters: A new U.S. bombing campaign in Iran against energy and infrastructure targets would be aimed at trying to get the Iranians to agree to the United States' terms in ongoing ceasefire negotiations.

• The strikes could also involve the Israeli military for the first time in many weeks, and such an escalation would likely lead to Iranian missile attacks on Israel.
• CBS News and the Wall Street Journal first reported about the potential strikes.

What they're saying: At the start of Friday's Cabinet meeting, Trump alluded to the potential attack, saying: "Well, we'll be hitting them very hard and, you know, at some point they're going to say, we just can't take it anymore."

• He added that the more the U.S. conducts strikes, the weaker the Iranians get "and then they peter out."
• "As President Trump said at his Cabinet meeting today, the United States will win, and Iran will not have a nuclear weapon under his watch," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios.