At the same time, we have launched war with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who seems to be pursuing a completely different set of objectives. And President Trump is unwilling or unable even to rein in Netanyahu. On March 18, the Netanyahu government bombed one of the region's largest oil fields. Trump then posted that the US didn't even know in advance and that we didn't want further oil strikes because of the economic danger that it would pose. (02:40–02:47)
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Asserts that the Israeli government bombed a major oil field on March 18.
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