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US ambassador to Israel, on Iran: President Trump will keep his promise
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee tells Channel 12 that US President Donald Trump will not disappoint the people of Iran who have been putting their lives on the line to protest the regime.
“This is a president who has made many promises; you’ll be hard-pressed to find one that he hasn’t kept,” Huckabee says. “He doesn’t make empty threats.”
“What I would say to [the people of Iran] is, note carefully what the president says, take him at his word. He will keep his promise.”
At the same time, Huckabee explains that no decision has been made about the US attack against Tehran, as Trump always hopes for a peaceful solution through which the regime stops threatening Israel and the US, and renounces its nuclear program.
“I would say that the decision still needs to be made,” the ambassador says. “President Trump is always hopeful for the best outcome. He is, in fact, let’s never forget, ‘the art of the deal.’ And if he can get that, then that’s ideal.”
“But if he can’t, he’s not afraid to do what he proved he would do last summer when he instigated [US June operation against Iranian nuclear sites] Midnight Hammer,” Huckabee adds.
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