Amidst the ongoing tension in the Middle East, spoke on phone with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During this, Trump got angry at Netanyahu. He expressed great displeasure over the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and even called Netanyahu a madman. He warned that this could seriously harm efforts to establish peace in the region.
According to the report of news website Axios, Trump even called Netanyahu crazy while demanding an immediate stop to attacks against Hezbollah. Along with this, he also said that Netanyahu should be grateful to him for avoiding going to jail. He told Netanyahu that threats to bomb the Lebanese capital would further isolate Israel in the world.
Trump expressed his displeasure
According to the report, Trump was worried that the ongoing attacks in Lebanon could harm efforts to establish peace in the Middle East and the ongoing talks with Iran. For this reason, he spoke directly to Netanyahu on the phone and expressed his displeasure.
‘You are absolutely crazy.’
In this report, quoting sources familiar with the conversation, it has been said that Trump even drove Netanyahu crazy during the conversation and also claimed that he had played an important role in helping him deal with political and legal challenges, which also includes the ongoing corruption case against him. Trump told Netanyahu, you are absolutely crazy. If it wasn’t for me, you would have been in jail by now. I am saving your life. Now everyone hates you. For this reason everyone hates Israel also.
Trump angry at Netanyahu
The report claims that during the conversation, Trump spoke in a very harsh tone towards Netanyahu. He reportedly said that Israel’s image around the world is being affected due to the current policies of the Israeli Prime Minister. The report said that Trump was very angry and shouted at Netanyahu and asked, “What are you doing?”
In fact, there is concern in Washington that Israel’s actions against Lebanon have jeopardized Washington’s efforts to extend the ceasefire with Iran. Because Tehran has kept ceasefire in Lebanon as a condition for the agreement. According to the report, during the phone conversation, Trump put a lot of pressure on Netanyahu and Netanyahu just kept saying ‘Okay, okay’.
Trump asked to stop attacks on Hezbollah
Recently Israel had ordered air strikes on terrorists in southern Beirut. After this step of Israel, Iran had threatened to withdraw from the ongoing talks with America. According to the report, Trump was very angry during the phone conversation with Netanyahu and asked Netanyahu to immediately stop the attacks on Hezbollah.
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