With the war against Iran escalating and expanding, President Donald Trump is attempting to silence criticism about the administration’s mixed messaging. The president rejects the idea, made by his own Secretary of State, that Israel’s plan to attack forced the United States’ hand. “It was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack if we didn’t do it,” he said, adding, “If anything, I might’ve forced Israel’s hand.” NBC’s Peter Alexander reports for TODAY.