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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"You're fucking crazy": Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon
President Trump lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's escalation in Lebanon in an expletive-laden call on Monday, two U.S. officials and a third source briefed on the call told Axios.
Why it matters: Earlier on Monday, Iran threatened to abandon the negotiations with the U.S. over Israel's actions in Lebanon. On the call, Trump called Netanyahu "crazy" and accused him of ingratitude, according to two of the sources. He also put the brakes on Israel's plan to strike Beirut.
Behind the scenes: One U.S. official said Trump told Netanyahu that following through on his threats to bomb the Lebanese capital would further isolate Israel around the world.
Two of the sources said Trump claimed he'd helped keep Netanyahu out of jail a reference to his support during Netanyahu's corruption trial.
Summarizing Trump's remarks to Netanyahu, the U.S. official said: "You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."
A second source briefed on the call said Trump was "pissed" and at one point yelled at Netanyahu: "What the fuck are you doing?"
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call
Tim S
(320 posts)Intractable
(2,440 posts)Yup.
Dave Bowman
(7,516 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,962 posts)orangecrush
(31,359 posts)Your mileage may vary.
LuvLoogie
(8,962 posts)Any word on that, yet?
orangecrush
(31,359 posts)ecstatic
(35,142 posts)Don't look at what they say, look at what they do.
I think trump is trying to cover his ass with the angry but gullible "America First" flank. It will buy him more time.
Meanwhile, BB doesn't give a fuck about stories like this. As long as he gets to indiscriminately kill as many people as he wants, he's satisfied.
Has a single dime of US money been pulled? Have any concrete actions been taken to stop BB? No.
On the other hand, if this story is true, then we might be headed for something even worse than what we've seen. We all know BB is a sick fuck, but so is trump. What will happen when our racist, corrupt psycho in chief realizes he got played?
dalton99a
(95,687 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(19,237 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,516 posts)Wow, for once he's telling the truth. Except that it's helping him to stay out of jail too. Anyway, two peas in a pod, both nuts and horrible people.
RockRaven
(19,807 posts)So what does that make YOU?
SunSeeker
(58,382 posts)You and your fellow Republicans supported him and attacked anyone who didnt as being anti-Israel/anti-semitic.
doc03
(39,212 posts)can we beleive it?
orangecrush
(31,359 posts)Of being true.
BootinUp
(51,692 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,241 posts)Meet Kettle!
spanone
(142,113 posts)orangecrush
(31,359 posts)hookaleft
(1,111 posts)Barak Ravid is a mouth piece for Trump
LoisB
(13,597 posts)struggle4progress
(126,809 posts)orleans
(37,272 posts)AZJonnie
(4,113 posts)"One U.S. official said Trump told Netanyahu that following through on his threats to bomb the Lebanese capital would further isolate Israel around the world."
That's a heavily sane-washed account of the grammar-school taunt that it actually was, i.e. "Everybody hates Israel because of this".
Given that this writer at Axios is basically IQ47's stenographer, one can assume that Clowny McDollhands wants people to THINK he did this, which I suppose is mildly notable, regardless of its basis in reality.
All in all, I'd be unsurprised if it was all true, OR all entirely made up. No idea, really.
Prairie Gates
(8,521 posts)Both of them are!
I wouldn't believe Barak Ravid or Marc Caputo to tell me it's raining in a thunderstorm.
NoMoreRepugs
(12,256 posts)his incredible negotiating skills fail to produce a peace with Iran??
AZJonnie
(4,113 posts)Next we'll hear IQ47 is threatening to cut off aid to Israel unless Netanyahu steps down. He is signaling that Bibi is about to find himself under the bus.
Course, he'll find a great deal of company there. It seems nobody EVER learns that ETTD, and it's weirdly amazing to watch people in 2026 STILL thinking that there's actually some kind of "soul" or "human" behind that mug. He is the near-literal walking embodiment of evil. The person Jesus (and countless other moral philosophers) have tried to warn humanity about, going back for millennia. Absolutely ZERO SOUL, ZERO empathy, and ZERO concern for ANYONE apart from his own worthless ass. He'd throw ANYone under the bus if he feels they are not suitably contributing to his acquisition of money, power and his ability to order people to kill others (or march to their own deaths) on his behalf.
Except maybe Ivanka.
Tanuki
(16,540 posts)Link to tweet
"The White House going out of its way to advertise Trump's alleged fury at Netanyahu like this sends a message: at least right now, Trump does not want this war reignited.
If the Hormuz crisis persists into July, the energy market and broader economic consequences become far more serious.
Many in Tehran will read this story as evidence that now is a particularly advantageous moment to increase pressure and extract better terms."
Prairie Gates
(8,521 posts)The guy is a MAGA chud and an IDF propagandist.
Honestly, give me a break with this bullshit.
progressoid
(53,413 posts)Aussie105
(8,237 posts)Move aside neighbours, we want your land!
Trump and America have been played by Bibbi for a very long time.
The label of 'antisemitism' to silence any criticism of what Israel does is wearing mighty thin.
Xolodno
(7,375 posts)Some European Leader I forgot: "I don't like to talk to Bibbi, he's a liar"
Obama: "I know, but I have deal with him all the time".
Trump got rope a doped (again) into this. Now Bibbi is hoping the economic pressure will force our hand into some sort of invasion. I don't think he realized there is absolutely NO appetite for this among the public or even Congress. We lost Afghanistan and barely kept the screws down on Iraq. It's over. If Bibbi wants regime change in Tehran, he's going to have to invade himself. Iran has been preparing for this moment for decades.
Mad_Machine76
(25,038 posts)for both of them.
liberalla
(11,252 posts)What the fuck are you doing?
You're fucking crazy!
Everybody hates you now!
Everybody hates trump/US because of this!
Looking in the mirror donnie...
Mossfern
(4,808 posts)to back Netanyahu - he had options. Trump is merely using another person to blame for the mess he's in now - as usual.
You know, my youngest son, when he was a toddler, had an imaginary friend "Sheba" who always made him draw on the walls ...or sometimes Sheba did the coloring herself. This seems very similar. Netanyahu didn't MAKE Trump do anything.
underpants
(197,390 posts)rickford66
(6,107 posts)Aussie105
(8,237 posts)Yes, against 'Semites', but who are they, exactly?
Is their identity based on religion, language, or nationality?
Israelis are a mixed bunch, a lot have dual citizenship, English is one of the dominant languages there, and a lot are of religions not based on Christianity.
What is the opposite term that someone in Iran could use to collectively describe an enemy country that uses a language or religion not common to Iran?
Iran:
Languages = Persian (Farsi) is the official language of Iran, while Azeri, Kurdish, Luri, Arabic, and several other languages are spoken regionally and by minority communities.
Religions = Iran is predominantly Shia Muslim, with Sunni Muslims and small recognized religious minorities including Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians.
We tend to think of both Israelis and Iranians as being a uniform population, but it just isn't so.
Just like America isn't.
People oversimplify to absurdity, ie Israel is Christian, Iran is Muslim.
And the inference?
Christianity good, Muslim bad.
Aussie105
(8,237 posts)Truth is, he never was and never will be, he is being played by some for being a useful idiot and sneered at by others for just that, being an idiot.
Keep the ketchup bottled away from him!
orangecrush
(31,359 posts)Cha
(320,998 posts)hates you, Homicidal Maniacal Pedophile.
Looks like PEDO is worried his number will sink further.
DFW
(60,524 posts)I can imagine Netanyahu´s immediate answer: "I'm crazy? Have you looked in a mirror lately, Donny Boy?"
PuraVidaDreamin
(4,707 posts)F U C K I N G C R A Z Y !
Emile
(43,572 posts)LymphocyteLover
(10,247 posts)Happy Hoosier
(9,656 posts)Nutandyahoo has played him like a fiddle.