US media: If US-Iran negotiations fail, Trump supports Israeli air strikes on Iranian ballistic missile facilities.

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16/02/2026
On the 15th of the US media reported that President Trump once told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that if the US and Iran cannot reach an agreement, he would support Israeli airstrikes on Iranian ballistic missile facilities. According to CBS News, citing two sources familiar with the matter, Trump made this promise during a meeting with Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in December of last year. Two other American officials familiar with the matter said that the US military and intelligence agencies have already started discussing the possibility of supporting Israeli airstrikes, with the focus not on whether Israel will take action, but on how the US can assist the Israeli Air Force, including refueling Israeli warplanes in the air and ensuring that relevant countries agree to allow Israeli and US aircraft to fly over their airspace.