Trump thanks Jeb Bush for calling Iran strike ‘watershed moment'
President Trump thanked former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) for commending him on the United States' strikes in Iran.
Bush issued a Sunday statement after B-2 bombers tanked three of Tehran's nuclear sites, lauding the president's decision to intervene in the Middle East.
'President Trump's decision to neutralize Iran's regime's nuclear program is a watershed moment—one that reasserts American strength, restores deterrence, and sends an unmistakable message to rogue regimes: the era of impunity is over. Where others delayed and wavered, President Trump acted,' Bush said in a release published by the United Against Nuclear Iran non-profit.
The former Florida governor said the move was an 'act of courage, clarity, and historical necessity' and hammered down former President Clinton's pledge to ensure Iran will never possess a nuclear weapon.
'Thank you to Jeb Bush — Very much appreciated!' Trump wrote in a Tuesday Truth Social post in response to Bush.
GOP leaders backed Trump's intervention with fervor, arguing that it improved public safety for the country and the Western world.
'The President's decisive action prevents the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, which chants 'Death to America,' from obtaining the most lethal weapon on the planet,' House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wrote in a statement on X. 'This is America First policy in action. God bless our brave men and women in uniform – the most lethal fighting force on the planet – as we pray for their safe return home. May God bless America.'
However, others urged the president to remain neutral in the foreign war.
'Every time America is on the verge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war. There would not be bombs falling on the people of Israel if Netanyahu had not dropped bombs on the people of Iran first,' Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wrote in a Sunday statement on X.
'Israel is a nuclear armed nation. This is not our fight. Peace is the answer.'
Although the president didn't share regret for dropping bombs on nuclear facilities, he did cite concerns with Israeli military operations on Tuesday before leaving for the NATO summit in the Hague.
Israel and Iran agreed to a 12-hour ceasefire that was ultimately broken.
'We basically — we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f‑‑‑ they're doing,' Trump told reporters on the South Lawn.
In a Truth Social post around the same time, Trump wrote: 'ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!'
Trump told reporters at the White House he was going to see if he could 'stop it,' referring to attacks forged in the dead of night by both Iran and Israel despite the ceasefire agreement in place.
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