Trump says 'there would be no Israel' if Iran was allowed nuclear weapon

US President Donald Trump says Israel would no longer exist if he had allowed Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, while defending his military campaign against Tehran.

Speaking at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Trump  said: “If I allowed Iran to have a nuclear weapon, today there would be no Israel,” he said.

“Israel would’ve been wiped off the face of the earth,” Trump added, according to Al Jazeera.