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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Trump says Netanyahu is a war hero ‘and I am too’
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US President Donald Trump (left) welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
US President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a “war hero,” and says he is also one, for sending US bombers to hit Iran’s nuclear sites.
In an interview with conservative radio host Mark Levin, Trump says he is working with Netanyahu to free the hostages, adding that Netanyahu is “a good man, he’s in there fighting.”
“He’s a war hero, cause we worked together. He’s a war hero. I guess I am too.”
“Nobody cares. I am too. I sent those planes,” Trump says, referring to his order to bomb heavily fortified Iranian nuclear facilities during Israel’s 12 day conflict with Iran.
Trump: Netanyahu is a war hero. I guess I am too. pic.twitter.com/o9UekiklG2
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 20, 2025
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