US President Donald Trump rejected accusations that the State of Israel forced America into a war against Iran, and commented that the reverse may be true.
The President was asked by a reporter whether Israel had "forced" his hand on Iran and replied: "I might have forced their hand."
"We were having negotiations with these lunatics," Trump stated in reference to the Ayatollah's regime in Iran. "It was my opinion that they were going to attack first. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack."
He added that he felt "strongly" that an Iranian attack was coming "based on the way the negotiation was going." He later specified that he believed Iran was preparing to launch an attack against Israel and other Middle Eastern nations.
"If anything, I might have forced Israel's hand, but Israel was ready and we were ready" Trump said.
The President stated that the war is going well, as "virtually everything they have is being knocked out now." He accused Iran of "hitting countries that were neutral ... and now those countries are all fighting against them."
Trump asserted that this "shows the level of evil that we're dealing with. They'll hit people that were at least somewhat friendly, also hitting only civilian places, hotels and apartment buildings."
When asked what the "worst-case scenario" his administration envisions for Iran, he answered that the worst-case scenario would be for the next leader of Iran to be just as bad as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.