BBC Expert Says Donald Trump Will Be Furious About Iran Bombing

Sarah Smith, the corporation’s North America editor, has “once again been defied” by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel’s military said it carried out strikes on targets in central and western Iran early on Monday morning.

That came after Tehran launched missiles on northern Israel on Sunday.

On Radio 4′s Today programme, Smith pointed out that Israel had already angered the White House by bombing Lebanon in recent days, despite Trump’s claims that a peace deal to end the Iran war is close.

“And then, after Iran fires some missiles at Israel, he was very clear with the Israeli prime minister not to retaliate because he was worried that that could derail the peace negotiations that are going on,” she said.

“He made it clear that the Iranian missiles hadn’t done any damage, and therefore there was no need for any retaliation. And yet, very soon after that we saw that Israel did take action.

“We haven’t heard from Donald Trump since then, but he will be furious. He was very, very clear with Benjamin Netanyahu not to do this, and once again he has been defied.

“It was almost exactly a year ago that Donald Trump was answering reporters’ questions in front of TV cameras and dropped the f-bomb, surprisingly, because he was so angry with Netanyahu for firing missiles at Iran in breach of a ceasefire agreement.

“And now he says that we’re very close to a US-Iran agreement, and will be furious that he thinks that is being imperilled by Israel’s actions.”

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