Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Donald Trump to launch a military strike against Iran after it was clear that the former US president had lost the 2020 election, a report said Thursday.

General Mark Milley, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, ‘had been fighting’ to prevent Trump from ordering a strike against Iran as the president was circled by hawks, including Netanyahu, pressuring him to execute such a strike, according to a report Thursday by the New Yorker.

“If you do this, you’re gonna have a ******* war,” Milley reportedly warned Trump.

Other foreign policy advisers, including then-vice president Mike Pence, had also reportedly pushed for military action against Iran, in a meeting in which Trump was not present.

When Milley asked why they were so intent on attacking Iran, Pence replied: “Because they are evil.”

Milley believed that Trump did not want a war, but said he kept pushing for a missile strike in response to Iranian so-called ‘provocations’ against US interests in the region. The chairman ultimately succeeded in preventing such a strike in the tail-end of Trump’s term.

Milley believed that Trump did not want a war, but said he kept pushing for a missile strike in response to Iranian provocations against US interests in the region. The chairman ultimately succeeded in preventing such a strike in the tail-end of Trump’s term.

Source: Agencies