Trump Invokes ‘results Of Oct. 7’ In Post Lashing Out Over Charge That Israel Led Him To War With Iran

President Donald Trump is lashing retired astatine critics and angrily denying that Israel’s authorities convinced him to motorboat nan astir two-month-old warfare against Iran that has roiled world markets and sent power prices soaring amid an ongoing Iranian blockade of nan Strait of Hormuz.

Writing connected Truth Social connected Monday, Trump claimed Israel “never talked maine into warfare pinch Iran.”

“The results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong sentiment that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did,” he said.

The president’s denial straight contradicts what Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters successful early March during nan opening days of nan war.

During a little property readiness astatine nan Capitol, Rubio — who besides serves arsenic Trump’s nationalist information advisor — said Trump was forced into a preemptive consequence aft learning of an imminent Israeli attack, arsenic officials knew specified an onslaught would trigger retaliation against US subject personnel successful nan Middle East.

“It was abundantly clear that if Iran came nether onslaught by anyone – nan United States aliases Israel aliases anyone – they were going to respond, and respond against nan United States,” he said.

Since then, a dependable watercourse of Trump-aligned influencers, commentators and different salient GOP figures person many times based on that Trump was goaded into warfare by Israeli premier curate Benjamin Netanyahu. One specified personality, ex-Fox News big Tucker Carlson, claimed that Trump has been rendered a “slave” to Israel during an quality connected Newsmax connected April 10.

Two days later, Carlson doubled down successful different question and reply pinch nan BBC successful which he said: “I don't deliberation it is arsenic elemental arsenic 'he is nether nan power of Netanyahu,' but you could surely summarize it that measurement and you wouldn’t beryllium wholly inaccurate.”

"The Israeli government, this is documented and I saw it personally, steered nan United States into a warfare that hurts nan United States and nan world," Carlson added.

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