Overview
- Harris, speaking Saturday in Detroit at a Michigan Democratic event, said Trump was “pulled into” the Iran war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called it a distraction tied to the “Epstein files.”
- In Chicago on Sunday, she said the Iran campaign has “made America weaker” and repeated that Netanyahu persuaded Trump to enter a war she argued the public does not want.
- Netanyahu has rejected the allegation, questioning whether anyone could tell Trump what to do and denying that Israel dictated U.S. decisions on Iran.
- She warned that the conflict puts U.S. service members at greater risk and said higher fuel costs now mean many drivers pay about $15 more to fill a tank.
- Multiple outlets linked her stepped-up schedule and sharper rhetoric to 2028 speculation, and coverage highlighted competing accounts of the war’s origins, including earlier claims from former U.S. official Joe Kent that Israeli pressure helped start it.