New Delhi, April 20 -- Refuting the narrative that the United States is acting on behalf of, or being manipulated by, Israel in the war with Iran, President Donald Trump asserted on Monday that he was not pushed into the war by Israel.
''Israel never talked me into the war with Iran,'' he said on his social media platform.
By claiming ''Israel never talked'' him into the war, he is framing the conflict as a choice made by Washington.
Referring to the attack by Hamas on Israeli party goers on October 7, 2023, Trump said the results of October 7 added to his lifelong opinion that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.
The Tweet says ''Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that ...