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Kushner and Witkoff don’t trust Bibi. But they aren’t the president, and Bibi knows it, which is why every meeting becomes an attempt to convince an audience of one over the heads of his advisers.
The president also acknowledged that he cursed at the Israeli leader in a heated phone call in which he told Benjamin Netanyahu not to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut.
According to three sources with knowledge of the call, Trump became furious over Netanyahu's plans to bomb the capital Beirut, calling him "crazy," and saying, "what the fuck are you doing?" Trump then took credit for keeping Netanyahu out of prison by supporting him during his corruption trial.
Axios reported Monday that Trump’s call to Netanyahu was prompted by Iran threatening to pull out of peace negotiations with the U.S. over Israel’s actions against Lebanon. A
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "crazy" in an expletive-filled phone exchange over fighting in Lebanon, while the U.S. was trying to negotiate an end to hostilities with Iran.
Great Britain and Israel are America’s closest allies in the Western world, and they should be treated with the utmost respect. That includes all NATO