Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied a rift with President Donald Trump while drawing a hard line on Iran as Washington pursues a broader nuclear agreement with Tehran.Netanyahu said Israel and the U.S.shared the same goal on Iran, even as Trump pressed ahead with talks that have drawn criticism from some Israeli officials."But I can tell you this, deal or no deal, as long as I’m prime minister, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon," Netanyahu told host Jacqui Heinrich on "The Sunday Briefing."Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel and the U.S.
remained aligned on Iran despite recent questions about tensions with President Donald Trump.(Salwan Georges/Bloomberg via Getty Images; IIPA via Getty Images)TRUMP’S MASSIVE GOP FAITH BLOC RAISES RED FLAG ON IRAN DEAL: TRUST HIM, NOT HIS TEAMAsked whether his relationship with Trump had frayed over Iran, Netanyahu said any disagreements between the allies were being handled directly."I don’t think there’s a rift," Netanyahu said.
"I think America has no greater ally than Israel, and Israel has no greater ally than the United States."Netanyahu said Trump acts in U.S.interests while he acts in Israel's interests, but argued the two leaders usually align.Netanyahu said "deal or no deal" Iran would not obtain a nuclear weapon as long as he remained Israel’s prime minister.
(Getty Images)AMERICA AND ISRAEL: A COVENANT, NOT A CONTRACT"President Trump is the leader of the United States.He does what’s good for America.
I am the leader of Israel, the one and only Jewish state.I do what’s good for Israel," Netanyahu said.
"Ninety-nine percent of the time we see eye-to-eye."Heinrich pressed Netanyahu on Trump's comments to Axios that the Israeli leader "knows who the boss is" and previous comments to the Financial Times saying Netanyahu would have "no choice" but to accept a U.S.-Iran deal.Netanyahu warned that anti-Israel sentiment in the U.S.was tied to anti-American views and said he was...