The conflict between Israel and Iran might not be America’s war, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told Newsmax, but President Donald Trump might get involved to help destroy Tehran’s nuclear program.

“I think that the calculus will be, in large part, driven by time,” Friedman said Monday on “Wake Up America.” “I think the president would like this war to end. Frankly, I think everybody would like it to end, as long as it ends successfully. Now, the goal is to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and to destroy its ballistic missile capability.

“As far as the missiles are concerned, Israel is doing a perfectly good job on its own. As far as maybe 13 of the 14 nuclear facilities, I would say the same. Most of them are above ground.

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