Iranians Reportedly Coordinated Missile Attack on American Base So the Trump Administration Knew It Was Coming: ‘Nobody Was Surprised’

Axios’s Barak Ravid revealed that Iran had coordinated its attack on an American air base in Qatar ahead of time with the Qataris and “with the knowledge of the Trump administration.” Ravid made the shocking revelation shortly after American defense systems shot down the ballistic missiles fired at the key U.S. base by Iran.

Ravid joined CNN after Anderson Cooper marveled that “it’s fascinating to hear Iran officially telegraphing and saying publicly to Qatar, you know, ‘We used the exact number of missiles that were used on our facilities, and this is it,’ essentially. ‘This is very targeted. We’re not going after Qatar.'”

“Well, according to a source with direct knowledge, the Iranians coordinated this attack with the Qataris, and with the knowledge of the Trump administration,” said Ravid. “And I think one of the evidence [sic] for that is that all those press statements were prepared in advance. The Qataris, five minutes after the rockets started flying, issued a 500-word statement that was already just waiting to be sent. And as far as I understand from my sources, nobody was surprised by this attack. And it really looks like a coordinated effort to, on the one hand, allow Iran to retaliate, but on the other hand, try to close this incident and not allow it to escalate even further.”

He went on to reiterate the point, saying, “It definitely looks, again, if you put all the pieces together, first what I hear from a source with direct knowledge, this was coordinated in advance between Iran and Qatar, and it was conveyed to the Trump administration.”

“If you put all of this together, it looks like an attempt to try and shut it down here. Each side did its part, and now could be — could be —  the time for de-escalation going forward with some sort of a diplomatic track,” concluded Ravid.

Watch above via CNN.