President Trump on Friday described Israel’s assault on Iran as “excellent” — and warned there’s “a lot more” to come back as he blamed Tehran for not taking a nuclear deal earlier.
“I think it’s been excellent,” Trump advised ABC Information within the wake of Israel’s lethal onslaught of strikes making an attempt to halt Iran’s terrifying nuclear program.
“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.”
Israel has stated it had “no choice” however to launch the large-scale airstrikes in an try and destroy Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran shortly responded by launching 100 drones and calling it a “declaration of war.”
Trump earlier pointed the finger at Iran as he urged them to lastly make a deal “before there is nothing left.”
“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal,” Trump wrote in a flurry of Reality Social posts early Friday.
“I advised them, within the strongest of phrases, to ‘just do it,’ however irrespective of how laborious they tried, irrespective of how shut they bought, they only couldn’t get it achieved.
“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 continued.
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“Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
In a follow-up submit, Trump argued that Iran ought to have secured a deal months in the past.
“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!” he wrote.
