The day after President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran, there were no official statements from the administration to defend the joint offensive with Israel. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that the timing and motivation for the attacks were in response to an Israeli action against Iran and that if we didn't pre-emptively attack them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissed accusations that he dragged Trump into the war. The decision has been met with criticism from mainstream conservative commentators, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, and once-fringe alt-right figures Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens. The internet is littered with memes depicting Trump as Netanyahu's dog.