Top Trump official calls US strikes on Iran ‘pointless’, says ‘deep state’ made the call; deletes post later

A top official in the Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday called the United States strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities “pointless” while also suggesting that the the decision was rather made by Washing DC's “deep state” – only to delete his claim later.

Andrew Kloster, who is general counsel at the Office of Personnel Management, first called the US strikes on nuclear facilities of Iran “pointless” while reacting to a post on X and then shared a number of posts slamming the government policy of aiding Israel while downplaying the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran.

As soon as Donald Trump announced the US strikes in Iran, Andrew Kloster wrote: “I apologize and will never again doubt the power of the deep state.”

Later, in response to a post on X that read, “If striking Iran runs the risk of WWIII, then Iran's nuclear sites being crushed seems a long-term benefit for the US,” Kloster replied, “I think it was just kind of pointless.”