Former President Donald Trump said at a Friday campaign rally in North Carolina that Israel should “hit” Iran’s nuclear sites first.
Trump appeared to paraphrase President Biden’s comments about the matter when he said that Israel “have a right to respond, but should respond proportionally.”
Biden was then asked whether strikes on Iran should target nuclear facilities and he replied “The answer is no.”
Addressing his supporters Friday, Trump criticized Biden’s remarks expressing his own opinion on the Israeli response.
“They asked him, ‘What do you think about Iran? Would you hit Iran?’ And he goes, ‘As long as they don’t hit the nuclear stuff.”
“That’s the thing you want to hit right? I said I think he’s got that wrong, isn’t that the one you’re supposed to hit? It’s the biggest risk we have, nuclear weapons, the power of nuclear weapons.”
“When they asked him that question the answer should have been, ‘Hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later.”
