Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he urged Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to avoid actions that might undermine the ongoing discussions with Iran.
When asked whether he issued a warning to Netanyahu, Trump replied candidly, “I’ll be honest – yes, I did,” before clarifying, “It’s not a warning, I said I don’t think it’s appropriate right now. We’re having very good discussions with them. I said I don’t think it’s appropriate right now because if we could settle it with a very strong document, with inspections, and no trust. I don’t trust anybody.”
He elaborated on what a robust deal would entail: “I want it very strong, where we could go in with inspectors, we can take whatever we want, we could blow up whatever we want, but nobody gets killed. We can blow up a lab, but nobody’s going to be in the lab, as opposed to everybody being in the lab when we blow it up.”
The President emphasized that he made his position clear to Netanyahu: “I told him that this would be inappropriate to do because we’re very close to a solution.”
Trump acknowledged that the situation is fluid and could shift quickly: “that could change at any moment. It could change with a phone call, but right now I think they want to make a deal, and if we can make a deal, it will save a lot of lives.”
Earlier during the press conference, Trump also addressed the dire conditions in Gaza. “We are getting food to the people of Gaza. It’s been a very nasty situation, a very nasty fight. October 7th was a very nasty day, the worst that I think I’ve ever seen. It was a horrible day, and people aren’t going to forget that either. So we’ll see how that all works out.”
{Matzav.com}