US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in an interview aired Saturday that US President Donald Trump will not disappoint the people of Iran who have been putting their lives on the line to protest the regime.

“This is a president who has made many promises; you’ll be hard-pressed to find one that he hasn’t kept,” Huckabee told Israel’s Channel 12 News. “He doesn’t make empty threats.”

“What I would say to [the people of Iran] is, note carefully what the president says, take him at his word. He will keep his promise,” he added.

At the same time, Huckabee suggested that no decision has been made about a US attack against Tehran, as Trump always hopes for a peaceful solution through which the regime stops threatening Israel and the US, and renounces its nuclear program.

“I would say that the decision still needs to be made,” the ambassador said. “President Trump is always hopeful for the best outcome. He is, in fact, let’s never forget, ‘the art of the deal.’ And if he can get that, then that’s ideal.”

“But if he can’t, he’s not afraid to do what he proved he would do last summer when he instigated Midnight Hammer,” Huckabee added, referring to the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June 2025.

While noncommittal on whether the US will strike Iran, thus possibly sparking an Iranian retaliation against Israel, Huckabee said the US embassy was surprised when some airlines canceled flights to Israel as a result of looming tensions with Iran.

“Last weekend, airlines from around the world started canceling their flights, and honestly, our reaction at the embassy was, ‘what’s that about?'” he said.

“It completely caught us off guard,” he added. “We are not seeing any reason. We are not telling our embassy employees to restrict themselves to your homes, don’t go anywhere.”

Huckabee said that he does not know the timeline for a potential US attack against Iran, nor if “Iran will decide to initiate something” against Israel.

But he stressed that at the moment, he is not hearing Trump refer to a deadline or........

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