Former President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should “do what he wants” regarding possible retaliatory strikes against Iran.
“Yes, I think so. [Netanyahu is] He's going to do what he wants. And I think he has to do that.” Mr Trump said In an interview aired on Sunday by the Saudi state news agency Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia was asked if he supported Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic Republic in response to Iran's October 1 barrage of missile attacks on Israel.
President Trump, 78, slammed President Biden's “terrible” record on foreign policy and urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 75, to “do the opposite” of what the 81-year-old commander-in-chief is suggesting. urged.
“Biden has been very terrible to him. Look, Biden has been historically terrible on foreign policy. Incompetent,” the Republican presidential nominee said in an interview.
“I say whatever you're doing is [Biden] He would be a great person if he did the opposite,” Trump said. “but [Biden] gave [Bibi] There are instructions not to do anything, and Israel is in great danger. ”
Leaked classified US intelligence documents suggest that Israel is indeed preparing a retaliatory attack on Tehran.
The documents, published online on Friday, date from Oct. 15-16 and show Israel moving munitions and the Israeli Air Force conducting large-scale military exercises in preparation for an attack. It is said that this shows that.
The US government is investigating the leak.
When Al Arabiya pointed out that some people believe that Trump is the “only person” who can end the Middle East conflict because of his close relationship with the Israeli prime minister, the former president agreed. .
President Trump responded, “I think you're right.” “He listens to me.
“I'd like to see everything stop,” he said of the war. “I want to see peace return to the Middle East. Real peace is lasting. And it will happen.”
The 45th president declined to say how he would prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, but said he “respects” Iran and its people and knows they are “great negotiators.” He suggested that it would be left up to the government's wishes. It is in your best interest to close the deal.
President Trump said Iran is “probably at risk in some sense, probably more dangerous than they thought a month ago. “I don't want to see people killed. He's being killed. I don't want to see that.”
Iran fired about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel earlier this month in retaliation for Israel's deadly attack on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
The salvo was Iran's second direct attack on the Jewish state since Hamas's terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
