Netanyahu: Trump enemy number one for Iran

As I am sure everyone knows, Iran and Israel are now at war, a war that Trump is hoping to end diplomatically.  

Prime Minister Netanyahu, however, is warning Trump that he is at the top of the country’s death wish list.  

Iran Vows Revenge 

To understand the hatred that is involved here, we have to go back to the first Trump administration when the president ordered a strike against General Soleimani.  

After the strike was carried out successfully, and with pinpoint accuracy, I might add, Iranian leadership marked Trump and several members of the administration.  

The official stated, "If Trump and (former secretary of state Mike) Pompeo are not tried in a fair court for the criminal act of assassinating General Soleimani, Muslims will take our martyr's revenge. 

"The aggressor, murderer and main culprit - the then president of the United States - must be tried and judged under the (Islamic) law of retribution, and God's ruling must be carried out against him," 

Trump Atop the List 

It was later revealed that Iran had put together a list of about three dozen government officials that it marked for the prosecution of the general’s death. 

With the list, the announcement came, "At the top of the list is US President Donald Trump, and his prosecution will continue even after the end of his term." 

At the time, NPR's Peter Kenyon reported, "Iranian media quote Tehran's prosecutor general as saying 36 people are being sought in connection with Soleimani's killing." 

The charges, of course, were ridiculous, but that list was interpreted as something far more than a wish to prosecute, as it was widely believed that Iran was also putting out hits on these individuals and would be more than happy to back an assassination plot against any of them, including Trump. 

Be Careful 

This weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did the rounds on the American media to make his case to support Israel in this conflict, but he also offered some words of warning to Trump.  

He stated, "They want to kill him. He's enemy number one. He's a decisive leader. He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak, giving them basically a pathway to enrich uranium, which means a pathway to the bomb, padding it with billions and billions of dollars. 

"He took up this fake agreement and basically tore it up. He killed Qasem Soleimani. He made it very clear, including now, ‘You cannot have a nuclear weapon, which means you cannot enrich uranium.’ He's been very forceful, so for them, he's enemy number one." 

I agree with Netanyahu, as I think Trump needs to be very careful when dealing with Iran. If I had my preference here, it would be that Israel finish the job it just started.