Trump: Israel would have been destroyed if 2015 nuclear deal remained

US President Donald Trump says he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would have been destroyed had he not pulled out of former president Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal.

“I told this to Bibi Netanyahu yesterday,” he says at the White House.

Trump also repeats his bewilderment with the majority of Jews who vote for Democratic politicians.

“How Israel can vote for a Democrat — if you’re Jewish in New York City or any place else in this country, how you can vote for a Democrat is unbelievable because (Obama) chose Iran,” Trump says.

The president attacks the Kurds when asked if he would like them to get involved in the war.

“I’d rather have them stay away because I think they bring with them some problems and some difficulty… They bring death… to themselves,” he responds.

Earlier, he suggested that the Kurds held onto guns given to them by the US, which were intended for use by protesters in Iran. He did not provide evidence for that claim.

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