US President Donald Trump was asked on Thursday about the situation in Gaza, stating that there is peace in the Middle East and linking the current situation with the successful attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Asked by a reporter about the appointment of a general to lead the stabilization forces in Gaza and what would his mission be, Trump replied, “Well, we're working very strongly on Gaza. Yeah, we're working very much on Gaza.”
The President continued, “We actually do have a real piece in the Middle East. We have 59 countries supporting it which is, you know, never happened before. We have countries that want to come in and take care of Hamas. We have countries that want to come in and take care of Hezbollah in Lebanon…we have countries that are volunteering to come in and literally take care of the whole thing. We have a great peace in the Middle East. It's never happened before and I think it's very strong actually.”
Trump then said the current peace was made possible thanks to the strikes on Iran and said, “When we went in with those B2s and we - and now I could use the word because it's been confirmed by the Atomic Energy Commission - we obliterated their nuclear capability, their potential and their nuclear capability would have been there in about two months…they were very close to having massive nuclear weapons and these guys went in and they did a job and that made peace possible, because everybody was afraid of Iran and now they're not afraid of Iran anymore.”
“No other country could have done that,” Trump continued. “No other country has weapons like we do. We have the best weapons in the world. We have the best military in the world, and when we took out Iran, that allowed for peace. There's no way they could have done a deal if Iran was not really nullified.To a large extent, Iran is not the same country. Iran was a country that was feared by everybody. Now it's a country that's been very much downgraded.”
He also asserted that should Iran try to rebuild its nuclear program, “we're going to obliterate that one [too]. You know, we can knock out their missiles very quickly. We have great power and we helped Israel a lot. We were shooting down the drones. We were doing a lot of things for Israel. We did a good job for Israel, but Israel did a good job. They fought and they all fought bravely.”
Trump further stated that Iran “would love to be able to make a deal with me. They would love to be able to make a deal with me and I'd love to make a deal with them if we could. We were reasonably there for a deal with Iran before the bombing, and they would have been much better off if they made a deal. They could have had a deal. They could have had a deal where they would have been much better off. Look at what we've done. Their place is blown up. Forget about the nuclear the nuclear is gone, but look at the damage they've suffered, the death that they've suffered. They could have had a deal - nobody would have died, no buildings would have been down, nothing would have happened. But they missed that opportunity, but they would like to make a deal right now. Iran would like to make a deal with me.”