Israel-Iran Conflict: Netanyahu says Tehran wants to kill Donald Trump; ‘he's enemy number one'
Israel-Iran nuclear conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday (June 15), claimed that Iran wanted to kill Donald Trump as the country viewed the United States President as a significant threat to its nuclear program.
'They want to kill him. He's enemy number one,' he said in an interview with Fox News.
He further alleged that Tehran orchestrated two failed assassination attempts on Trump during his presidential campaign in 2024.
'These people who chant, 'Death to America,' tried to assassinate President Trump twice,' Netanyahu said.
'Do you want these people to have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to your cities?' the Israeli prime minister asked. 'Of course not. So we're defending ourselves, but we're also defending the world.'
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