He's already used Iran to cause a massive distraction, and it was only back in January. It seems like a lifetime away now.
It appeared that around the time a Trump related Deutsche Bank story was about to drop Trump figured that would be the perfect time to take out a 'really dangerous' Iranian General. The Iran attack kept the Deutsche Bank story out of the main stream media, but there was also the Ukrainian passenger aircraft shot down as tension was ramped up as a direct result of the US attack on General Soleimani.
https://forensicnews.net/2020/01/03...sian-state-owned-bank-whistleblower-told-fbi/
Now it could be entirely coincidental,
or totally on purpose. Given that Trump is well versed in controlling the media, it is certainly not beyond the realms of possibility that it was 100% on purpose, just for a story about his lines of credit. Imagine what he'd be prepared to do if his Presidency was on the line.....