Donald Trump did not wait long to comment on the Israeli offensive in Iran. Questioned early this Friday morning by ABC News on the operation “lion drawn up” (Rising Lion), the American president did not hide his enthusiasm. “I think it’s excellent”he said by phone. “We gave them a chance and they did not grasp it. They were struck very hard. And it’s not over “added the tenant of the White House, announcing that there would be “Much more” Again.
On Truth Social, his network, he urged the Islamic Republic to “Conclude an agreement before nothing left”. “There have already been a lot of deaths and destruction, but there is still time to make this massacre, including next more brutal planned attacks, ceases”he wrote.
Trump claims to have left “Opportunity after opportunity” at Iran to find a compromise. “I told them, in the strongest terms:” do it “. But no matter how much they tried, no matter how close they were, they just managed to do so “he deplores, while praising the military superiority of the United States and Israel.
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“I told them it would be much worse than everything they had known, anticipated or what they had been told. The United States manufactures the best military and most destructive equipment in the world, by far, and Israel has a lot, with others to come-and they know how to use it ”, has further developed the American president. He adds that “Some Iranians of the hard line spoke courageously, but they did not know what was going to happen.” Before concluding with a new warning: “No more death, more destruction, do it, before it is too late. »»
Earlier in the day, Trump had told Fox News to have been informed in advance of Israeli strikes. “Iran cannot have the nuclear bomb and we hope to return to the negotiating table. We will see “he said, quoted by the American chain.
According to Fox News, the president follows “All reprisals” In connection with the Centcom-the American military command for the Middle East-placed on a reinforced alert. He must bring together his National Security Council this Friday at 11 a.m. (3 p.m. GMT) at the White House. The head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, assured that the United States was not “Not involved” in the attack.