00:00Mr. President, did Israel force your hand to launch these strikes against Iran?
00:04Did Netanyahu pull the United States into this war?
00:07No, I might have forced their hand.
00:09You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics,
00:14and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first.
00:17They were going to attack.
00:18If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first.
00:21I felt strongly about that.
00:23And we have great negotiators, great people,
00:26people that do this very successfully,
00:28and have done it all their lives, very successful.
00:31And based on the way the negotiation was going,
00:34I think they were going to attack first.
00:36And I didn't want that to happen.
00:39So if anything, I might have forced Israel's hand.
00:42But Israel was ready, and we were ready.
00:44And we've had a very, very powerful impact
00:48because virtually everything they have has been knocked out now.
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