Netanyahu’s Iran Revelations Were Aimed at an Audience of One

  • Trump says Israeli presentation backs him up ‘100 percent’
  • But many analysts say it contained nothing new or relevant

Israel Claims Iran Had a Nuclear Plan

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stageBloomberg Terminal in Tel Aviv on Monday to expose what he said was more than a decade of Iranian nuclear deception. Critics said he didn’t reveal anything new. That may never have been the point.

From his decision to speak in English to the simplicity of the slides he unveiled -- including one that just said “Iran Lied” -- Netanyahu’s presentation appeared to be aimed at an audience of one: Donald Trump. And the U.S. president, who is days away from deciding whether to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord, was listening.