The Trump administration on Thursday continued to brace for significant escalation in the Middle East, as President Donald Trump sent mixed signals on how he would view an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities as the U.

President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that there was a significant risk that Israel could soon attack Iran, but he said that “I don’t want them going in” at a moment when progress was being made toward an agreement to shut down Iran’s easiest pathway to building a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu seeks to raise pressure on Tehran, while Trump says Israel strike “could very well happen” if diplomacy fails.