On April 7th, The New York Times ran a story by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman on the decision to go war with Iran, from their forthcoming book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump. Anonymous sources recounted Trump aides feeling Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a “hard sell” on regime change in Iran. On CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday, correspondent Major Garrett sat down with Netanyahu and raised the Times accusations and more.
After beginning the interview by addressing when and how the war with Iran might end, Garrett turned to Lebanon and Hezbollah.
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