Iran, Israel and Trump
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President Donald Trump told CNN in a brief phone call Friday morning that the United States “of course” supports Israel and called the country’s strikes on Iran overnight “a very successful attack,” while warning Iran to make a nuclear deal.
President Trump believes Israel's bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities might lead to more serious negotiations on a nuclear deal, even as Iran announces suspension of scheduled talks.
In the wake of a series of strikes by Israel on Iran's nuclear sites, potentially pushing the Middle East to the brink of an all-out conflict, President Donald Trump told ABC News he thought the attacks had been "excellent" and suggested there was "more to come.
Donald Trump was shaking hands at a picnic with lawmakers after pushing for more diplomacy with Iran. Israel ignored his pleas.
Israel says it has more attacks planned against Iran after a series of overnight strikes targeted Tehran’s nuclear program and shook global tensions. As Washington watches the fallout, President Donald Trump is continuing to push Tehran toward the negotiating table to come to a nuclear deal.
President Donald Trump told Reuters in a phone interview on Friday that he and his team knew everything about Israel's plan to attack Iran and that he had given Tehran fair warning it needed to make a deal on its nuclear program.
President Donald Trump said he “always knew” when Israel would strike Iran, hours after the U.S. ally launched a decisive strike on the country that eliminated several top military leaders. Israel launched a strike against Iran on Thursday night,
“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,” he added. The strikes killed the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the country's top two military officials, in addition to several nuclear scientists.
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Treasury yield jumped 6.9 basis points on Friday to $4.426, reversing a dip in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.
No matter how the fighting unfolds, it promises to increase prices at the gasoline pump just as voters' natural gas and electricity bills are already set to rise.