Skip to Main ContentTrump Personally Asked Military For Risky Plan To Capture Iran's Uranium: WaPoAt President Donald Trump's request, the U.S. military proposed a dangerous plan this past week to have ground forces remove nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium from Iran, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.Two people familiar with the matter told the paper that the planned seizure would involve constructing a runway so that cargo planes can bring in excavation equipment and military personnel, while also taking out radioactive material. The high-risk proposal was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, while the Post first reported that it came at the president's request.The report conflicts with Trump's comments to Reuters, in which the president downplayed the enriched uranium stockpile because it's "so far underground" and claimed the U.S. military has already achieved its goal of preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon.See All UpdatesClose