Asked during a press briefing alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Israel should strike Hezbollah in Lebanon over the terror group’s refusal to disarm, US President Donald Trump says: “We’re going to see about that.”
“The Lebanese government is at a little bit of a disadvantage with Hezbollah,” he continues, adding that Hezbollah “has been behaving badly.”
Asked how close the sides are to another war with Iran, Trump responds, “I don’t want to say that.”
“But Iran may be behaving badly. It hasn’t been confirmed, but if it’s confirmed, they know the consequences will be very powerful.”
Given his long insistence that the US “obliterated” the nuclear sites that it targeted in June, any new work by Iran is taking place at different locations, Trump claims.
He reiterates that he would support bilateral negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program.
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