US President Donald Trump has issued a typically strongly worded statement in the wake of attacks on a major gas field shared by Iran and Qatar on Wednesday.
Israel hit Iran’s South Pars – part of the world’s largest natural gas field – and Tehran retaliated by striking an energy complex in Qatar. The attacks led to a spike in energy prices, and fuelled Trump’s wrath.
On his Truth Social media platform, Trump threatened Iran again and said he didn’t know about Israel’s plans for the attack.
Netanyahu dismisses suggestion US and Israel are out of sync
Prime Minister Netanyahu was seeking to pour cold water on any suggestion that Israel had influence over Donald Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
In the US, there has been considerable domestic debate over the reasons why the US entered this war, and the role Israel played.
