What do Netanyahu and Trump really want in Iran?

内塔尼亚胡和特朗普在伊朗究竟想要什么?

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2026-03-04

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Who’s calling the shots in the US-Israeli war on Iran? Chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison and international security correspondent Jason Burke report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, Trump or Netanyahu?

  • Who is really calling the shots over Iran?

  • The United States military began major combat operations in Iran.

  • When Donald Trump announced early on Saturday morning that the US had launched military strikes on Iran,

  • he made it sound like an American idea.

  • But on Monday, Trump's Secretary of State offered a different story.

  • The US actually got involved because Israel was about to attack Iran, said Marco Rubio.

  • And so the president made the very wise decision.

  • We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action.

  • We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces.

  • And we knew that if we didn't preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks,

  • we would suffer higher casualties.

  • Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that he didn't drag Trump into war.

  • Donald Trump is the strongest leader in the world.

  • He does what he thinks is right for America.

  • Iran is committed to your destruction.

  • And whether people understand it or not, the leader has to understand it.

  • Donald Trump understands it.

  • You don't have to drag him into anything.