President Donald Trump took questions from reporters on Friday after landing in New Jersey, and was asked if he was concerned about Iranian proxies launching attacks in the U.S. should he bomb their nuclear sites.
“Are you worried Iran’s proxies would wage terror attacks against American targets abroad if you order military action?” asked a reporter.
“We’re always concerned about that, and we have to take them out and be very strong. You’re even in danger talking to me right now. Do you know that? You are in danger talking to me right now, so I should probably get out of here. But you guys are actually in danger. Can you believe it?” Trump replied.
“Is it still your expectation that NATO countries spend 5% of their GDP on defense spending?” followed up another reporter.
“Well, I think they should do that. I don’t think we should, but I think that they should. We’ve been spending, we’ve been supporting NATO so long. In many cases, I believe paying almost a hundred percent of the cost. So I don’t think we should, but I think that the NATO countries should. NATO is going to have to deal with Spain. Spain’s been a very low payer. They were always a very low payer. They were either good negotiators or they weren’t doing the right thing. I mean, I think Spain has to pay
“You’ve been making progress towards a peace deal, but I don’t know if you know this, but Lindsey Graham and Mike Pompeo were there on the ground in Ukraine seemingly doing the opposite, trying to provoke the Ukrainians to keep fighting. What do you think of that?” followed up another reporter.
“Well, we’re going to see, and people have to be very careful with what they say. They’ve got to be careful with their mouth, because their mouth can get them into a lot of trouble,” Trump replied.
Last week, former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that “Iranian IRGC, the very leadership the Israelis destroyed last night, has been working in nearly every country around the world, including the United States of America, to plant little terror cells all across the world. Hezbollah was doing the same.”
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