Trump says 'Israel' Middle East would not exist without his actions on Iran
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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the existence of 'Israel' and the Middle East is directly attributable to his administration's efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Posting via his Truth Social, Trump stated: "Israel and, in fact, the entire Middle East, would not exist" if I did not stop Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon. Nobody wants to say that, but everybody knows it’s true!"
The statement echoes previous assertions made by Trump tying 'Israel’s' survival directly to him and actions against Tehran's nuclear program.
In an Aug. 2026 appearance on Glenn Beck's podcast, Trump made an almost identical argument, stating that under the previous multilateral nuclear deal, Iran "would have had nuclear weapons" and "would have used them".
He added at the time: "Israel would have been completely knocked out. If Donald Trump had not been president, Israel would not exist today… and that’s guaranteed".
Similar remarks were voiced earlier at the G7 summit in France, where he credited his administration's willingness to scrap the 2015 accord and confront Iranian ambitions with preventing existential catastrophic attacks against 'Israel'.
