American president Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that ‘Iran was a big threat to this country, to this world of ours, and turned out I was right’
The US prevented “nuclear holocaust” by bombing Iran, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office: “I said Iran was a big threat to this country, to this world of ours, and turned out I was right.”
He added: “You can’t let them have a nuclear weapon. If they got a nuclear weapon, I would say they would have used it within 24 hours after having it.
“And they would have had it if we didn’t bomb them out from the great raid with the B2 bombers.
“Eight months ago or so, you would have had a nuclear war in the Middle East and maybe beyond.”
His comments came during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House, on St. Patrick’s Day in Washington.
Turning to Irish premier Micheal Martin, he said: “I think it would have hit Europe, maybe not Ireland, but it would have hit Europe.
He added: “It is big enough you would have been affected.”
Trump said he is “disappointed” with Nato, but that he was not currently rethinking his relationship with the alliance.
He said: “We help other countries and when they don’t help us, I mean, it’s certainly something that we should think about.”
Asked if he was afraid that a ground invasion of Iran would be a repeat of the US-Vietnam war, Mr Trump said: “I’m really not afraid of anything.”
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