Trump says ‘if anything,’ he forced Israel’s hand on Iran strikes

The Hill
by Laura Kelly
March 3, 2026
Trump says ‘if anything,’ he forced Israel’s hand on Iran strikes
President Trump on Tuesday said he “might” have forced Israel’s hand to strike Iran first, saying his opinion was that the Islamic Republic was going to launch a military strike first. “It was my opinion that they were going to attack first,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, sitting next to Germany’s…
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Originally published on The Hill on 3/3/2026