Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium

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Source: The Wall Street Journal.

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Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium

The president hasn't made a decision, U.S. officials said, as he considers the risk to U.S. troops

By Alexander Ward, Lara Seligman, Annie Linskey and Michael R. Gordon
Updated March 29, 2026 9:09 pm ET

WASHINGTON--President Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran, according to U.S. officials, a complex and risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer.

Trump hasn't made a decision on whether to give the order, the officials said, adding that he is considering the danger to U.S. troops. But the president remains generally open to the idea, according to the officials, because it could help accomplish his central goal of preventing Iran from ever making a nuclear weapon.

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It seems to me he's been running his mouth about seizing the uranium for weeks. This operation must something more specific than the daily hand waving.

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Exclusive: Trump is weighing a military operation to extract Iran's uranium, a risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer.

Exclusive Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium
The president hasn't made a decision, U.S. officials said, as he considers the risk to U.S. troops.
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Exclusive: Trump is weighing a military operation to extract Iran’s uranium, a risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer.

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[Mawspam2]

1. Yeah, uh, stupid.

Best case: The stuff is still in casks, just buried under three-hundred feet of mountain. Iran allows us three weeks to dig it up and haul it away without so much as a snowball tossed our way.

Worst case: none of the above.

If I'm making a bet on Kalshi...I'm going with Girls School revenge.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. Worst case, we find it and it is booby trapped

Or they wait for us to dig it up, then rain drones on us.

[AverageOldGuy]

2. First:

President Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran, according to U.S. officials, a complex and risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer.

In order to seize anything, you must first: KNOW WHERE IT IS.

Did anyone else see the satellite photos that French analysts identified as trucks on which are loaded the tubes containing whatlikely is most of Iran's most valuable enriched uranium? Drive them out somewhere into the hundreds of thousands of square miles that make up Iran, park in a barn . . .

This is not a video game.

[tanyev]

3. The only danger he's considering is the danger to his approval ratings.

And the odds that his considerations are tethered to reality? Slim to none.