{"id":204778,"date":"2026-03-20T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-claims-ignorance-of-israels-plan-to-strike-iranian-gasfield-exposing-rift-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:05:21","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-claims-ignorance-of-israels-plan-to-strike-iranian-gasfield-exposing-rift-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-claims-ignorance-of-israels-plan-to-strike-iranian-gasfield-exposing-rift-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president claims ignorance of Israel\u2019s plan to strike Iranian gasfield, exposing rift – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump claimed on Truth Social that he had known nothing about the targeting of Iran\u2019s gas reserves in advance \u2013 key US politics stories from 19 March 2026 at a glance
The US-Israeli war<\/a> against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran\u2019s largest gasfield angered US allies in the Gulf<\/a> and prompted Donald Trump to say he knew nothing in advance about the attack \u2013 a claim that Israeli officials disputed.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said he had spoken to Benjamin Netanyahu following the strikes on Iran\u2019s South Pars gasfield \u2013 part of a reserve shared with Qatar \u2013 and had told the Israeli prime minister to refrain from further attacks that could escalate a regional war on energy infrastructure.
\u201cI told him: \u2018Don\u2019t do that,\u2019 and he won\u2019t do that,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut on occasion he\u2019ll do something, and if I don\u2019t like it \u2026 and so we\u2019re not doing that any more.\u201d
Also today, Israel\u2019s prime minister denied that Donald Trump<\/a> was \u201cdragged\u201d into the war by Israel, as he tried to pour cold water on suggestions that Israel influenced the US\u2019s decision to attack Iran amid growing signs that the US and Israel are not aligned on their war aims.
\u201cDoes anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?\u201d Netanyahu said, later adding: \u201cI misled no one.\u201d
Israeli attacks on the South Pars gasfields have opened a Pandora\u2019s box of retaliatory strikes<\/a> on Gulf energy infrastructure, including pipelines and natural gas processing facilities that serve LNG (liquefied natural gas) to economies around the world, particularly in Asia.
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Hosting the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi<\/a>, in the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump<\/a> could not resist mocking Japan<\/a> about its 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor during the second world war.
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The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth<\/a>, said on Thursday there is no \u201ctimeframe\u201d for ending the US war against Iran and did not deny reports that the Pentagon could seek an extra $200bn in taxpayer funding.
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The US may soon remove sanctions on Iranian oil stranded on tankers at sea, the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Thursday as Washington seeks to curb prices soaring over Iran\u2019s closure of the strait of Hormuz.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US military is not rehearsing for an invasion of Cuba<\/a> or actively preparing to militarily take over the island, the top general overseeing American forces in Latin America has told lawmakers.
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The US\u2019s bill for its war on Iran, according to analysts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is growing by roughly half a billion dollars every day. Using cost analysis from the CSIS, we analyze where the US\u2019s war dollars are going, in a war that was never declared in the first place.
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A key Senate<\/a> committee on Thursday advanced Markwayne Mullin\u2019s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on a near party-line vote, a day after the Republican senator faced questions at his confirmation hearing about his approach to Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s immigration enforcement agenda and accusations of encouraging violence.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The first public meeting of US autism advisers \u2013 notably, since Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a> reshaped the committee \u2013 was cancelled recently with few details, coinciding with the creation of a rival organization that has prompted some questions within the autistic community about their focus.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A coalition of 24 states, alongside a dozen cities and counties, has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the bedrock scientific determination<\/a><\/strong> underpinning virtually all US climate regulations.
A Canadian mother and her seven-year-old daughter, who has autism, have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas since Saturday<\/a><\/strong>, family members have said.
The family of Liam Conejo Ramos, the preschooler whose detention<\/a> sparked protests<\/a> in January, has been denied asylum in the US by a federal immigration judge.
Darren Indyke, Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>\u2019s longtime lawyer, told US House lawmakers on Thursday that he \u201chad no knowledge whatsoever of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s wrongdoings\u201d during his employment<\/a><\/strong>.
A federal arts commission on Thursday approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing Donald Trump\u2019s image<\/a><\/strong> to help celebrate the US\u2019s 250th birthday on 4 July.
California<\/a> legislative leaders are moving to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day<\/a><\/strong> in light of sexual abuse allegations against the late labor leader.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 18 March 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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