‘We’ll knock the hell out of them,’ Trump said if Iran decided to rebuild its nuclear program.
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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged effusive praises, rejecting any reported tensions among them, with the American leader vowing to “knock the hell out of” Iran if it rebuilds its nuclear program.
Trump spoke to reporters next to Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, according to The New York Post. But after the doors closed for private talks, the Israeli Prime Minister cajoled the President by announcing that he would bestow upon him the “Israel Prize,” which acknowledges cultural accomplishments in literature, the arts, Jewish studies and other areas.
“We decided to break a convention… to award the Israel Prize, which, in almost our 80 years, we’ve never awarded it to a non-Israeli, and we’re going to award it this year to President Trump,” Netanyahu told reporters afterward.
Regarding relations with Israel, Trump said they could not be better.
NOW – Netanyahu: “I’ll say it again and again and again. We’ve never had a friend like President Trump in the White House. It’s not even close… I think Israel is very blessed to have President Trump leading the United States.” pic.twitter.com/tudPydGUU3
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 29, 2025
“I’m not concerned about anything that Israel’s doing. I’m concerned about what other people are doing, or maybe aren’t doing,” Trump said, before qualifying that remark with tepid criticism of Israel’s continued strikes inside Gaza, according to The Post.
“Sometimes they [Israel] don’t understand when somebody violates something that you want to give them a second chance — we hope we’ll give them a couple of second chances — but no, Israel has lived up to the plan 100%.”
Regarding Iran, Trump was adamant about it.
“I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we’re gonna have to knock them down. We’ll knock them down. We’ll knock the hell out of them,” Trump said while welcoming Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla.
“But hopefully that’s not happening. I heard Iran wants to make a deal. They want to make a deal — that’s much smarter. You know, they could have made a deal the last time before we went through a big attack on them, and they decided not to make a deal. They wish they made that deal.”
Trump described the meeting as focused on five major issues, including the implementation of the Trump-brokered October peace deal in Gaza and improving Israeli relations with the new Syrian government.
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