Trump says Iran striking Gulf neighbors was 'very good thing,' Israel would be gone without him

Donald Trump described Iran’s strikes on several Gulf countries as “a very good thing,” saying the attacks cost Tehran support in the Middle East.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump referred to strikes on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait after the war began. “Everybody was shocked. I was surprised. I thought it was a very good thing because they lost all of the support they had,” he said.

Trump also used the attacks to support his argument that Iran would have fired a nuclear weapon if it had one. He repeated his claim that Iran would have obtained such a weapon without him in the White House and that Israel would have been destroyed.

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Everybody was shocked. I was surprised. I thought it was a very good thing because they lost all of the support they had.

“If I weren't president, Israel would be gone. There would be no Israel, and there would probably be no Middle East,” Trump said. He added that the United States or Europe would have been targeted next.

Trump separately released an AI-generated video on Truth Social depicting a US pilot launching attacks on Iran’s Kharg Island.

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If I weren't president, Israel would be gone. There would be no Israel, and there would probably be no Middle East.