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President Biden near a mobility astir Iran's recent attacks against Israel unanswered astatine a property convention connected Monday.
Fox News White House analogous Peter Doocy asked nan mobility soon earlier Biden departed from his presser pinch Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
Several reporters began shouting questions astatine nan 2 world leaders, but Doocy's query rang large and clear.
"President Biden, you told Iran, ‘Don't,’ and they did it anyway, truthful what now?" nan journalist asked.
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President Biden listens arsenic Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks successful nan Oval Office of nan White House connected April 15, 2024, successful Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Doocy's mobility was a reference to Biden's erstwhile informing against nan Iranian authorities connected Friday. He said that an Iranian onslaught against Israel was imminent, little than a time earlier nan airstrikes commenced.
At nan time, Biden told reporters that his only connection to Iran was, "Don’t." His consequence sparked outrage from Republicans.
"So overmuch for President Biden telling bad guys ‘Don’t’ really being an effective deterrent," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wrote successful an X station connected Saturday. "Every clip he says ’Don’t,' they do."
"Under President Trump, Iran was broke," Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said Saturday. "President Biden gifted them billions of dollars and past naively said ‘don’t.’"
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Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Iraq's premier minister, left, and President Biden, right, during a gathering successful nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Monday, April 15, 2024. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"'Don’t' is not a overseas policy. Joe Biden’s policies person funded Iran’s onslaught connected Israel," Blackburn continued.
In nan days since nan attack, nan White House has signaled support for Israel.
National Security Advisor of nan United States Jake Sullivan said he said pinch his Israeli counterpart, Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, connected Saturday.
"During nan call, I reiterated nan United States’ ironclad committedness to nan information of Israel," Sullivan explained.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin besides said that he expressed support to his Israeli counterpart connected Saturday.
An anti-missile strategy operates aft Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, arsenic seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
"I said to Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant coming to reiterate unwavering U.S. support for Israel’s defense," Austin wrote. "The United States stands pinch Israel amid threats from Iran and its location proxies."
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Fox News Digital reached retired to nan White House for comment.
Fox News Digital's Michael Lee and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
