The New York Times is reporting that the big decision President Trump is weighing right now is whether to help Israel destroy Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, which could be nearly half a mile below the earth’s surface. Or just below 300 feet, depending on who you ask.

Either way, it appears that the only way to destroy Fordo is with the US bunker buster bombs, which are dropped with American B-2 bombers.

Here’s the reporting:

President Trump is weighing a critical decision in the four-day-old war between Israel and Iran: whether to enter the fray by helping Israel destroy the deeply buried nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo, which only American “bunker busters,” dropped by American B-2 bombers, can reach.

If he decides to go ahead, the United States will become a direct participant in a new conflict in the Middle East, taking on Iran in exactly the kind of war Mr. Trump has sworn, in two campaigns, he would avoid. Iranian officials have already warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any remaining chance of the nuclear disarmament deal that Mr. Trump insists he is still interested in pursuing.

Mr. Trump has encouraged Vice President JD Vance and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to offer to meet the Iranians this week, according to a U.S. official. The offer may be well received.

Mr. Trump, at the Group of 7 summit in Canada, said late on Monday, “I think Iran basically is at the negotiating table, they want to make a deal.”

There is only one weapon for the job, experts contend. It is called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or the GBU-57, and it weighs so much — 30,000 pounds — that it can be lifted only by a B-2 bomber. Israel does not own either the weapon or the bomber needed to get it aloft and over target.

If Mr. Trump holds back, it could well mean that Israel’s main objective in the war is never completed.

I’ll update you on any developments on this. I hope Trump chooses to help because Fordo must be destroyed.