Former U.S. President Donald Trump stated Friday evening that had he not repealed the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran, Israel would have ceased to exist. The remark, reported by Israeli media, continues Trump's pattern of attributing Israel's survival to his own policies.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday evening claimed that his cancellation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal prevented Israel's destruction, saying: "If I hadn't canceled Obama's agreement, Israel would have disappeared." The statement, reported by Israeli outlets, extends a series of recent Trump remarks taking personal credit for Israel's security — including earlier claims that "without me there would be no Israel" and that a nuclear-armed Iran would have eliminated Israel within two hours.
The remarks come as Trump continues to publicly revisit the U.S.-Iran nuclear framework, which he has repeatedly criticized as insufficient. The former president has also recently given Israel a copy of the agreement, as The Zioneer reported on June 17. No additional context or venue for Friday's statement was provided by the source.
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