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President Trump tells CNN Israel strikes on Iran were "very successful"
From CNN’s Dana Bash
US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office on April 7.
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President Donald Trump told CNN that the US supports Israel and called the strikes on Iran last night “a very successful attack.”
“We of course support Israel, obviously and supported it like nobody has ever supported it,” Trump said in a brief phone call.
“Iran should have listened to me when I said — you know I gave them, I don’t know if you know but I gave them a 60-day warning and today is day 61,” he added.
“They should now come to the table to make a deal before it’s too late. It will be too late for them. You know the people I was dealing with are dead, the hardliners,” the president said. He would not specify which people he was referring to.
Asked if this was a result of Israel’s attack last night, Trump responded sarcastically: “They didn’t die of the flu; they didn’t die of Covid.”
Remember: Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was no US involvement or assistance in the strikes.
