U.S. President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu a war hero during an interview with prominent American conservative political commentator Mark Levin on his radio show Tuesday.

“He’s a war hero because we work together. He’s a war hero. I guess I am too,” the president said, referring to the U.S. bombing operation against Iran’s nuclear facilities, which he described as “perfect” and a “total obliteration.” Later in the interview he stressed the urgency of taking action.

“By the way, I think they would have had nuclear weapons in a period of 4 weeks if we didn’t hit them … If we didn’t do it they would probably by this time, just about this time, have a nuclear weapon and they would have used it,” said Trump.