Trump and Khamenei
Trump and KhameneiOfficial White House Photo/Reuters

US President Donald Trump said today (Monday) that he had sought to postpone the American attack on Iran because its timing was published in the American media, but ultimately decided to attack on the predetermined schedule.

According to Trump, as part of the deception against Iran, American bombers were sent to Guam and other locations.

"I watched horrible, horrible CNN," Trump said. "I saw that they had basically the plans of when we're going in, when we would be entering Iranian oil air space and I said, you know, that's weird."

He then called the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine. "I said, but wouldn't a surprise be better? Yeah, it would be better. I said, well, then let me cancel it and let's make it at a different time," he stated. "Everyone knew it was being canceled. I said, let's leave it the exact same time we were supposed to leave, the following day. And we took off and that's when the planes went out to Guam and this and that. We took off."

On June 22, the US launched Operation Midnight Hammer, a series of airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, including the facilities at Fordow and Natanz. Seven B2 stealth bombers dropped 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs on the facilities. In addition, an American submarine launched 30 Tomahawk missiles at the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites.