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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump said helium was alert of Israeli strikes connected Iran earlier they occurred Thursday. Hours earlier the attack, Trump told reporters a onslaught could beryllium imminent.
In an interrogation with Fox News connected Thursday evening, Trump said determination were nary surprises and that helium had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful caller days.
Israel utilized much than 200 combatant jets to people 100 sites, including atomic and subject locations, sidesplitting 3 leaders Thursday nighttime into Friday morning. The Israeli Defense Forces reported harm to Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility.
“Iran cannot person a atomic bomb, and we are hoping to get backmost to the negotiating table. We volition see. There are respective radical successful enactment that volition not beryllium coming back,” Trump said to reporters Thursday, referencing 3 Iranian leaders killed.
He besides said helium hoped Iran would instrumentality to the negotiating table.
Trump said helium was watching for retaliation and that the United States would support itself and Israel if so. Israel said it had intercepted Iranian drones Friday.
Earlier Thursday, Trump hinted astatine the anticipation of a strike.
“I don’t privation to accidental imminent, but it’s thing that could precise good happen,” helium said regarding an Israeli onslaught connected Iran, hours earlier the attack.
Trump besides warned of a “massive conflict” successful the Middle East implicit Iran’s atomic program.
“I cognize that Israel did pass america that they were going to go. The timing connected that, I don't know,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told NewsNation. “We've besides heard chatter and been progressive successful conversations that we knew this clip was coming, but I bash judge that the president was hoping to effort to debar thing similar this if it was possible."
