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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
In response, Netanyahus opponents and even some of his former allies are accusing him of mortgaging Israels sovereignty and reducing the country to strategic dependence on Washington. Theyre right. Trump is treating Netanyahu less like the leader of a sovereign ally and more like a subordinate expected to obey instructions.
As a result, Israel suddenly looks less like an independent regional power and more like an American client state.
https://forward.com/opinion/829331/trump-netanyahu-hezbollah-iran/
comradebillyboy
(10,970 posts)Not a good client, but a client none the less. But Bibi has worked hard to alienate the American public whose support the state of Israel desperately needs.
cachukis
(4,119 posts)This might be a few days.
Mysterian
(6,679 posts)Netanyahu will continue to play Trump like a fiddle and was not humiliated at all by Lil Donnie's temper tantrum.
DavidDvorkin
(20,712 posts)At least, according to what I've read in various places, including here on DU.
No, I'm not going to bother going through DU posts to find examples. I've seen that stated here.
durablend
(9,413 posts)When Bibi yells jump, John replies "How high, sir?"
DavidDvorkin
(20,712 posts)Ponietz
(4,486 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:44 AM - Edit history (1)
Epstein didnt work for Israel? Bibi isnt holding kompromat to manipulate Shithole?
All the facts and reasonable implications are against you on this, friend.
DavidDvorkin
(20,712 posts)Ponietz
(4,486 posts)DavidDvorkin
(20,712 posts)Perhaps under the next administration. It won't under this one.
I'm sure such a search would prove that the charges of Israeli control are nonsense, but I'd love to see what other nastiness they did turn up.
democratsruletheday
(1,947 posts)shit and head.
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,948 posts)Bibi has been trying for decades to get the US to attack Iran and trump was the only idiot stupid enough to listen to Bibi
dalton99a
(95,760 posts)Prairie Gates
(8,536 posts)which nobody will accept, so he's stuck.
One thing Trump can do is read social media comments and feel. It's trending 95%+ against Netanyahu.
As it once said in a book, "nothing's so embarrassing as when things go wrong in a war."
BlueTsunami2018
(5,104 posts)This is all performative bullshit.
A lot of the right wingers are split on Israel and the actions in Iran, calling him a puppet of Bibi and all that. He has to show them hes in charge.
Also, it lets him blame Israel for his inability to make a deal to get out of this idiotic war they started.
Something like this doesnt get leaked unless they want it to.
Meanwhile, the strikes in Lebanon continue unabated and the grift goes on.
Lies, lies and more lies.
purr-rat beauty
(1,518 posts)...he's welcome to drop the Epstein Files any day now
Johnny2X2X
(24,483 posts)Not one damned positive thing, zero.