Trump Weighed A High-Risk Mission To Recover Iran’s Uranium, Then Changed Course. What Stopped Him?

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• Trump Weighed A High-Risk Mission To Recover Iran’s Uranium, Then Changed Course.
• Published By, Last Updated: June 06, 2026, 09:13 IST Donald Trump said Washington considered sending troops into Iran to recover enriched uranium but abandoned the plan as too risky.
• Trump Says He Rejected Plan to Send US Troops Into Iran to Seize Enriched Uranium.
• (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)} As the West Asia conflict resurfaced while Iran-US deal negotiations were still under way, President Donald Trump recently said he had considered, but ultimately rejected, a proposal to send American troops into Iran to retrieve enriched uranium.
• According to Trump, the operation was viewed as “too risky" and would have required a major military deployment.