Overview
- Speaking on The Mark Levin Show, the president praised Benjamin Netanyahu and said, "I guess I am too," after calling the Israeli leader a war hero.
- He cited having "sent those planes" in June, referring to U.S. B-2 bomber attacks on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan facilities using massive bunker-buster munitions in Operation Midnight Hammer.
- Veterans and former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger swiftly criticized the remark, noting the president never served in the military and received Vietnam-era draft deferments.
- Levin defended the characterization on X, arguing that presidents who order decisive military actions can rightly be considered war heroes.
- Netanyahu is under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant over alleged Gaza war crimes, and the president has urged canceling or pardoning the Israeli leader’s trial.