President Donald Trump told CNN in a brief phone call Friday morning that the United States “of course” supports Israel and called the country’s strikes on Iran overnight “a very successful attack,” while warning Iran to make a nuclear deal.

President Trump on Friday urged Iran to "make a deal, before there is nothing left" after Israel launched roughly 200 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, senior military leaders and research scientists,

The president had asked Israel to hold off. Now he’s scrambling to make a deal in negotiations that have become even more complex.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump told Reuters in a phone interview on Friday that it was unclear if Iran still has a nuclear program following Israeli strikes on the country.

Israel's bombing of Iranian targets ignites political clash as Democrats, Republicans, and media figures debate Netanyahu's actions and Trump's Middle East influence

President Trump is trapped between the “America First” isolationists and others in his party who are cheering on Israel’s strikes against Iran.