Trump rebuffed Netanyahu idea to call for Iran uprising – Axios
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to call on Iranians to flood the streets to protest their government last week, but President Trump told him it was just too risky, two U.S. officials and an Israeli source told Axios.
“Why the hell should we tell people to take to the streets when they’ll just get mowed down,” Trump said to Netanyahu during their call, according to a U.S. official briefed on the conversation.
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While Netanyahu lists creating the conditions for a popular uprising among Israel’s core objectives, U.S. officials say Trump sees regime change as more of a “bonus.”
