President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran must be permitted to retain at least some ballistic missiles, dismissing calls for the emerging U.S.-Iran agreement to strip Tehran of its entire missile arsenal.
Speaking at the Group of Seven summit in France, Trump argued that it would be unrealistic and unfair to allow American partners such as Saudi Arabia to possess missiles while demanding that Iran have none.
“They have to have some,” Trump said when asked about Iran’s ballistic missile program.
“Some of these guys, I don’t think they are smart,” he continued, referring to critics demanding a total prohibition. “‘Sir, you shouldn’t let them have any missiles.’ What am I going to do, let Saudi Arabia have missiles but they can’t have them?”
Trump then drew a sharp distinction between Iran’s missile arsenal and its nuclear program.
“Missiles aren’t the problem,” the president said. “Missiles, they hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet.”
The comments represented a notable shift from the administration’s earlier wartime rhetoric, which presented the destruction of Iran’s missile capabilities as one of the central goals of the U.S.-Israeli campaign.
During the months of fighting, Iran repeatedly launched ballistic missiles and drones at Israel and American military positions across the region. The United States and Israel destroyed a significant portion of Tehran’s missile stockpile, launchers and production infrastructure, but Iran retained the ability to carry out attacks by the time negotiations intensified.
How long until Trump says Iran having a nuclear weapon is only fair because other countries have them?
(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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What the…????
Is he talking about Iran? He’s saying THE ENEMY has to have some, or it’s not fair?!?!
Rabboisai, Vayokom melech chodosh…
The arrogance of some, combined with lack of respect for the President, is somewhat surprising.
As he stated, there is a very big difference between a missile and a nuke, so the closing thesis of the article seems silly.
No, Iran cannot have a nuke because of what they are, despite that other countries have them. That imbalance is necessary and okay all around, as Iran can still exist without nukes and nobody will nuke them to take them over because then they’d be taking over uninhabitable desert which is pointless.
But having zero missiles means zero self-defense. Once you accept the legitimacy of that regime, which is assumed here, then that means you accept their right of self-defense despite that they are an enemy – with the US having massively superior power (including nukes) of course.
Unfortunately, Trump is rational, and is keeping his “America First” promise, and is making a good political decision (from his perspective). Unfortunately for us, it endangers the Jews of Eretz Yisrael, and the Diaspora as well.
Trump determined that Iran is no threat to the United States, and that while the United States export oil products (meaning high prices increase profits), American voters (what matters first of all) want an end to inflation, and for that the US consumers need lower oil and natural gas prices.
Not the 1st backtrack:- Trump got all irate at Zelensky & took Putin’s side:- 17 months later [since Trump’s inauguration] this still hasn’t been solved, and Zelensky didn’t take Trump’s bullying.
Now Trump is bullying Netanyahu and taking Iran’s side, and in another 17 months, this still shan’t be solved, and Netanyahu shall also not take Trump’s bullying.
#2 – That’s a lot of nonsense. Long range surface to surface ballistic missiles are offensive weapons, not defensive ones. And Iran was already caught developing missile tips that are designed for outfitting of nuclear warheads. Who are you trying to fool?
As I repeatedly said in the past and I repeat: NO LONG TERM AGREEMENT WILL BE SIGNED (or implemented) BETWEEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE AYATOLAHS.
“Missiles aren’t the problem,” the president said. “Missiles, they hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet.”
It’s not a problem for him, but it’s a problem for me, living in the “little location” at which Iran aims its missiles…
Who’s exactly going to monitor how many they have? They can’t reach America, only Israel so the degenerate dozy dumbbell couldn’t care less. He just was desperate to get out of this huge disaster he created.
@Curiosity
No, it’s not nonsense. By having those missiles, they maintain a sense of deterrence, that countries won’t randomly start up with them for no reason.
That’s like saying that violent gangs should be able to keep guns because is not fair that only police can have it.
Iran is not a goverment it’s a terrorist state just like ISIS