"He's a war hero [...] I guess I am too."
Praise
In an interview with conservative host Mark Levin, Donald Trump heaped praise on Benjamin Netanyahu before declaring himself a "war hero".
The dismay
Many observers were dismayed by these remarks.
Trump spared no praise for Netanyahu
Trump spared no praise for Netanyahu, calling him a "good man" and praising his role in bombing Iran's nuclear sites.
Uncomfortable
But his comments about the Israeli prime minister quickly took a strange, even uncomfortable turn, according to an article from the New York Times.
These operations
Referring to the Israeli bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, Trump presented Netanyahu as "a war hero", stressing that these operations had been carried out jointly: "because we work together".
"war hero"
In the process, he went so far as to call himself a "war hero"!
"I guess I am too"
"He's a war hero [...] I guess I am too," concludes the American president.