Trump says Israel should hit Iran’s nuclear facility first ‘and worry about the rest later’ October 5, 2024Donald Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina, September 25, 2024. (AP Foto/Nell Redmond)AP Foto/Nell RedmondTrump says Israel should hit Iran’s nuclear facility first ‘and worry about the rest later’ Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/trump-says-israel-should-hit-irans-nuclear-facility-first-and-worry-about-the-rest-later/ Email Print When asked if Israel should bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, Biden answered, ‘No.’By Vered Weiss, World Israel NewsCriticizing US President Biden’s statements at the G7 conference that Israel should refrain from striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump said Israel should “hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later.”At a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Trump ridiculed Biden’s earlier remarks by saying,” ‘As long as they don’t hit the nuclear stuff.’ That’s the thing you wanna hit, right? I said, ‘I think he’s got that one wrong. Isn’t that what you’re supposed to hit?'”He added that nuclear weapons are “the biggest threat we have.” Trump said, “His answer should have been ‘Hit the nuclear first, worry about the rest later.'” On Wednesday, Biden was attending the G7 conference, joining leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, and was asked about how Israel should respond to Iran’s launch of 200 missiles into Israel on Tuesday.When asked if Israel should bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, Biden answered, “No.”The US President said he was talking to Israeli officials about a response and would soon speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Read Iran’s missile attack caused over $40 million in damage to IsraelWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One, “Biden expressed the United States’s full solidarity and support to Israel and its people and reaffirmed the United States’s commitment to Israel’s security,” she said. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Trump said Biden’s response regarding Israel refraining from bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities as the “craziest thing I’ve ever heard. That’s the biggest risk we have. The biggest risk we have is nuclear.”He continued, “I mean, to make the statement, ‘Please leave their nuclear alone.’ I would tell you that that’s not the right answer. That was the craziest answer because you know what? Soon, they’re going to have nuclear weapons. And then you’re going to have problems.” BidenIran attackiran nuclear programTrump