President Trump, Tuesday on “FOX & Friends,” criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of their White House meeting this afternoon, saying that he shouldn’t be discussing their strategy for Iran in public.

AINSLEY EARHARDT: [Benjamin Netanyahu] was interviewed by Sean Hannity. He said he does not love war, but sometimes war is necessary. You say Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. There are reports Benjamin Netanyahu will talk to you about ongoing excavation at Pickaxe Mountain and the paving of new access roads. Intelligence shows Iran is fortifying Pickaxe Mountain. How will we respond? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don’t need Bibi to tell me that. He is telling me that to stay involved. We have the greatest cameras in the world, and we know what is going on. I heard Bibi announce that. Why not just tell me? Why announce it to the world? I know what is going on at Pickaxe Mountain. It’s not a big problem. We took out their nuclear sites, and we’ll have to take out Pickaxe Mountain if they don’t make a deal. STEVE DOOCY: Mr. President, Benjamin Netanyahu-as you said, you know what he’s going to say-says we’ve got to keep this war going. At the same time, I know there are Republican officials in Washington, D.C., who have an eye on November, and they are saying, Mr. President, you have to wrap it up. You have two different messages: Wrap it up; keep going. TRUMP: There’s a third message: many Republicans who want me to go. We pounded the hell out of them. They have no Navy or Air Force, and their army has been badly [unclear]. You look at their defense: Their air defense is gone, their radar is gone, most of their weaponry is gone and most of their manufacturing is gone. I have some Republicans who say, Well, why don’t we hit them harder? At some point, you have a lot of competing factors. There is a group of people who want them to be obliterated, in the truest sense of the word. And there is a group that says this is a good time to make a deal for them. If they don’t make a deal, I’ll go back and finish the job. It will take forever to rebuild. It will take them many years to rebuild. If I go back and finish up the job, like some people would like, with bridges-and easily, I could-
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