Hyderabad, June 16 -- United States President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, June 16, while highlighting Washington's support for Tel Aviv, claimed that "there would have been no Israel without me," and that the state would have been "blown up a long time ago" had he not gotten involved.

"Without the United States, there would be no Israel, without me, there would be no Israel, cause no other President was willing to do what I did," he said.

Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters during a bilateral meeting with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France.

He reiterated that Israel would not "exist right now as it would have been blown off the face of the earth hundred per cent," addin...