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Add as preferred source on GoogleTrump confirmed US awareness of Israel's plans to attack Iran, describing the operation as successful and discussing it with Netanyahu.
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Friday that he and his team had known about Israel's plans to attack Iran.
The Wall Street Journal said that, when asked what kind of a heads-up the United States received before the attack, Trump said in a brief phone interview: "Heads-up? It wasn’t a heads-up. It was, we know what's going on."
Trump said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and planned to speak with him again on Friday. Trump called the operation "a very successful attack, to put it mildly," the Wall Street Journal said.
(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Trump stated that he and his team were aware of Israel's plans to attack Iran.
Trump referred to the operation as 'a very successful attack, to put it mildly.'
Trump mentioned that he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the operation.
When asked about the heads-up, Trump clarified that it wasn't a heads-up, indicating a lack of formal notification.
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