Netanyahu hits back at ‘fake news’ that he dragged US into conflict with Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hits back at ‘fake news’ that he dragged the US into conflict with Iran.

“Does anyone really think that someone can tell President [Donald] Trump what to do? Come on,” he says, adding that the US president “always makes his decisions on what he thinks is good for America.”

“In this case, those interests are absolutely clear. And so is the clarity of our achievements. Together in close coordination with President Trump, close coordination between America and Israel, our militaries, our intelligence services, we’re achieving goals in lightning speed,” he says

The “ideological fanatics, these lunatics” running Iran, he says, “find their raison d’être, their reason for being, is wiping out Western civilization and America that leads it… They’ve maimed and wounded thousands of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. They killed the American Marines in Beirut. They bombed your embassies. They tried to assassinate the American president, Donald Trump, not once but twice. Now they blackmail for oil.

“Just imagine what they would do, what they’re capable of doing, if these lunatics had nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to every American city and every European city and everywhere around the globe. This is a danger for the entire world. It’s certainly a danger for Israel. It’s certainly a danger for America.”

“We see eye to eye on that. President Trump and I, Israel and the United States,” he says. “If people are honest, if leaders are honest, they would understand that we’re not only fighting our fight, we’re fighting their fight. I speak to dozens of world leaders. Dozens. They all know that. And privately, they all say that. They say that privately, but I say it publicly. The world owes a debt of deep indebtedness… to President Trump for leading this effort to safeguard our future.”