Trump says Israel should attack Iran's nuclear facilities, criticizing Biden's response

Former President Trump said Friday that Israel should attack Iran's nuclear facilities while mocking President Biden's response on the issue earlier this week.

During a speech at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he said that when Biden was asked whether Israel was attacking Iran, the president replied, “'As long as they don't hit the nukes.'” That's what you want to hit , or? I said, “I don’t think he understood what you’re supposed to do?”

Trump went on to say that nuclear proliferation was the “biggest risk we have.”

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Former President Trump said during a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Friday that Israel should attack Iran's nuclear facilities, while mocking President Biden's response on the issue earlier this week. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

The former president said he rebuilt “the entire military, all the missiles, I built it, including nuclear weapons” during his term as president. “I hated building nuclear power plants, but I've seen the power of this stuff firsthand, and I'll tell you what: We absolutely have to be prepared. We have to be absolutely prepared.”

When Biden was asked about Israel and Iran, he said, “His answer should have been, 'Go after the nukes first, then worry about the rest.'”

Trump made similar comments in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, saying correspondent Bill Melugin Biden's response to Israel's attack on Iran was the “craziest thing I've ever heard.” That is the biggest risk we have. The biggest risk we have is nuclear power.”

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On Tuesday, many rockets fired from Iran were seen over Jerusalem from Hebron in the West Bank. The Israeli army announced that rockets were fired from Iran toward Israel and sirens were heard throughout the country, particularly in Tel Aviv. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

He continued: “I mean, to make the statement, 'Please leave your nuclear weapons alone.' I would tell you that's not the craziest answer because guess what? And then you will have problems.

Former deputy director of national intelligence Kash Patel, who served under Trump, said this week: “Iran took off A war against Israel, so to speak, that the Israelis who are defending themselves and our hostages should not attack locations in Iran that could kill them – especially when you are the one who gave Iran $7 billion as commander in chief and it then allowing them to acquire nuclear material is extremely political.”

Biden told reporters this week that he and other G-7 members agreed that Israel should have a “measured” response to Iran. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

After Iran's attack on Israel on Tuesday, Biden told reporters at Joint Base Andrews: “The answer is no” because Israel may be targeting the country's nuclear program.

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He added that he and the other members of the G-7 all “agree that (Israel) has the right to respond, but they should respond proportionately.”