Situation Room Convened: Trump Eyes Iran Offensive Explicitly Wider Than Current Hormuz Strikes

President Trump convened a Situation Room meeting Tuesday with three-source confirmation of planning for a massive Iranian offensive explicitly described as wider in scope than the current strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. The operational shift matters today because any strike package extending beyond the Strait risks triggering Iranian retaliation against Saudi and Emirati infrastructure — assets outside the current theater — which is the mechanism for a $100+ Brent scenario. The non-obvious signal is the simultaneous White House meeting with Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi, pledging 'a lot of deals,' which suggests Washington is constructing a post-conflict economic architecture even as it expands the kinetic envelope. The parallel diplomatic track is either genuine deconfliction or a deliberate maneuver to secure Baghdad's basing acquiescence before the expanded operation begins. Full causal chain analysis in this week's briefing.