President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed many subjects during their joint press conference at the White House.
Better cooperate, Iran! Trump had some harsh words for the country and direct negotiations begin on Saturday.
Trump hates war, but he knows that sometimes, it is necessary:
REPORTER: A lot of people think those talks won’t lead anywhere because the Iranians will never truly commit. If diplomacy fails, is the United States—under your leadership—prepared to take military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear program and remove that threat?TRUMP: I think that’s a possibility. If the talks fail, Iran is going to be in great danger. And I hate to say it—great danger—because they cannot have a nuclear weapon.REPORTER: So is that a yes?TRUMP: You know, it’s not a complicated formula: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That’s all there is to it. They just can’t have one.Now, we already have countries with nuclear capabilities that shouldn’t have them, but I’m confident we’ll be able to negotiate that down the line as well. But with Iran—it’s simple. If the talks succeed, that’s great. If not, I think it’ll be a very bad day for Iran.
Trump didn’t come out and say he’ll eliminate the tariffs on Israel but it might happen.
But Trump is correct. We do give Israel a lot of money.
Netanyahu said Israel will eliminate the trade deficit with America.
Trump said he would help Israel if Turkey’s anti-Semite dictator, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, gave the country any problems.
But he stressed to Netanyahu that he has to be reasonable.
The war wouldn’t happen overnight. Hamas still has hostages and there are many innocent people around.
Trump hates war. He absolutely hates it. He is one of the few presidents I can think of who truly wants to do everything he can to ensure situations don’t get worse.
Trump doesn’t understand why Israel gave up the Gaza Strip in 2005. Most of us don’t get any of the concessions Israel has ever made to her enemies.
I like the idea of calling the strip Freedom Zone:
TRUMP: “You know how I feel about the Gaza Strip. I think it’s an incredible piece of important real estate. And I think it’s something that we would be involved in. Having a peace force like the US there controlling and owning the Gaza Strip would be a good thing … you call it the Freedom Zone.”
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