The president told me he was optimistic about ending foreign wars—then he ended our conversation to take a call from Putin.

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.

In his first public comments on the Israeli strikes against Iran, the U.S. president said Tehran had brought the destruction on itself and must continue nuclear talks.

President Donald Trump is urging Iran to make a nuclear deal now that Israel has launched strikes against the country