Trump’s Envoy to Jerusalem, Saying America Will Not Stop Iranian Bomb, Calls Israel the Last Hope for Doing So

David Friedman cites move of U.S. embassy as sending a signal to the world of American resolution.

AP/Maya Alleruzzo, pool
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, speaks at the U.S. embassy at Jerusalem December 21, 2020. AP/Maya Alleruzzo, pool

“The Iranians are going to have a bomb unless someone stops them,” President Trump’s ambassador in Jerusalem said, and “to make things more depressing, America is not going to stop them,” leaving Israel as the only “credible deterrent.”

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