US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the Israeli strikes on nuclear and military targets in Iran were “excellent” and warned there was much more to come, in a phone interview with ABC News.
“I think it’s been excellent. We gave them a chance, and they didn’t take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you’re going to get hit. And there’s more to come. A lot more,” Trump said.
ABC News said that the US president refused to comment on whether there was American participation in the strikes.
In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Two months ago I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.’ They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!”
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an earlier post, Trump said: “There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end.”
He urged Iran “to make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire.”
The president did not indicate whether the US would join the military action, but said he would continue to arm Israel with weapons to use against Iran.
“Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come — and they know how to use it,” he wrote.
President says he 'gave Iran chance after chance,' warns next strikes will be 'even more brutal'; tells regime to reach agreement 'before there is nothing left'
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So will Iran survive the ayatollahs or will it descend into chaos and civil war as Israel destroys the present regime?