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Trump Says Netanyahu Has to Accept Iran Nuclear Deal
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump asserted Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have no option but to accept any nuclear agreement Washington concludes with Tehran — making unambiguous that he alone holds the reins of American foreign policy.
"He won't have any choice," Trump said in a telephone interview with the Britain-based Financial Times. "I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots."
Trump's blunt remarks to the publication came in the direct aftermath of Iran's ballistic missile assault on targets inside Israel — the most significant breach of a ceasefire brokered in early April.
Following the barrage, Trump had told a US broadcaster that he intended to instruct Netanyahu against retaliating against Iran. Subsequent reporting by a U.S. news outlet and Israeli media confirmed the two leaders had concluded a phone conversation on the matter.
Despite the gravity of the missile attack, Trump remained resolute in his pursuit of a diplomatic agreement with Tehran, dismissing the assault as inconsequential to ongoing negotiations.
"It's not going to have any impact on the deal," he said. "The deal may make it on its own merit, or not, but this will not have any effect on it."
Should diplomacy ultimately collapse, Trump did not rule out military action against Iran or an intensified economic blockade, warning of far-reaching consequences.
"It would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn't take care of militarily," he said, adding that the blockade had already proven more economically devastating than direct military strikes.
The Iranian missile assault followed a string of repeated Israeli strikes on targets across Lebanon despite successive US-brokered ceasefires — including a Sunday strike on a Hezbollah position in Beirut that directly triggered Tehran's missile response. Iran has stipulated that a permanent Israeli ceasefire in Lebanon remains a non-negotiable prerequisite for any agreement with Washington.
"He won't have any choice," Trump said in a telephone interview with the Britain-based Financial Times. "I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots."
Trump's blunt remarks to the publication came in the direct aftermath of Iran's ballistic missile assault on targets inside Israel — the most significant breach of a ceasefire brokered in early April.
Following the barrage, Trump had told a US broadcaster that he intended to instruct Netanyahu against retaliating against Iran. Subsequent reporting by a U.S. news outlet and Israeli media confirmed the two leaders had concluded a phone conversation on the matter.
Despite the gravity of the missile attack, Trump remained resolute in his pursuit of a diplomatic agreement with Tehran, dismissing the assault as inconsequential to ongoing negotiations.
"It's not going to have any impact on the deal," he said. "The deal may make it on its own merit, or not, but this will not have any effect on it."
Should diplomacy ultimately collapse, Trump did not rule out military action against Iran or an intensified economic blockade, warning of far-reaching consequences.
"It would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn't take care of militarily," he said, adding that the blockade had already proven more economically devastating than direct military strikes.
The Iranian missile assault followed a string of repeated Israeli strikes on targets across Lebanon despite successive US-brokered ceasefires — including a Sunday strike on a Hezbollah position in Beirut that directly triggered Tehran's missile response. Iran has stipulated that a permanent Israeli ceasefire in Lebanon remains a non-negotiable prerequisite for any agreement with Washington.
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