Trump to Netanyahu: 'You're crazy, you'd be in prison without me', Axios reports
Axios leaks a phone call in which Trump insults Netanyahu and accuses him of fueling hatred toward Israel. Real tension or geopolitical theater?
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Trump to Netanyahu: 'You're crazy, you'd be in prison without me', Axios reports
The leak of an explosive phone call between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu has shaken the fragile truce in the Middle East. According to the US outlet Axios, the American president snapped at his Israeli partner: "What the hell are you doing? You're f***ing crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everyone hates Israel because of this." The context: Israel's strikes in Lebanon, which reportedly led Iran to halt peace talks on Monday.
Theater or real tension?
The authenticity of the episode divides analysts. While the Axios leak adds to a series of controversial reports on the war in Iran, reactions in diplomatic circles range from disbelief to cynicism. Those who doubt the account point to the long history of alliance between the two leaders: Trump, who moved the embassy to Jerusalem and recognized the Golan Heights, would hardly speak that way to the man he nicknamed "Bibi." The other camp reads the episode as a symptom of growing pressure from Washington to contain a military escalation that threatens to drag in the entire region.
The numbers that don't add up
The argument that Trump is "saving Netanyahu's ass" runs into an uncomfortable reality: during his term, the US administration provided Israel with unprecedented military support, including heavy bombs and a green light for operations against Iranian targets. The paradox of Trump now casting himself as the one reining in the Israeli hawk sounds to many like an image makeover or, worse still, a ploy to divert attention from his own nuclear plans for Gaza and Iran.
On the ground, distrust is the currency of the realm. The fact that a leak like this benefits the narrative that Trump controls Netanyahu while, in parallel, a peace is being negotiated that nobody believes possible is, at the very least, suspicious. What is certain is that, with or without the call, the power dynamic between Washington and Tel Aviv remains a chessboard where the pieces move without our knowing who is really pulling the strings.
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The leak of an explosive phone call between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu has shaken the fragile truce in the Middle East. According to the US outlet Axios, the American president snapped at his Israeli partner: "What the hell are you doing? You're f***ing crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everyone hates Israel because of this." The context: Israel's strikes in Lebanon, which reportedly led Iran to halt peace talks on Monday.
Theater or real tension?
The authenticity of the episode divides analysts. While the Axios leak adds to a series of controversial reports on the war in Iran, reactions in diplomatic circles range from disbelief to cynicism. Those who doubt the account point to the long history of alliance between the two leaders: Trump, who moved the embassy to Jerusalem and recognized the Golan Heights, would hardly speak that way to the man he nicknamed "Bibi." The other camp reads the episode as a symptom of growing pressure from Washington to contain a military escalation that threatens to drag in the entire region.
The numbers that don't add up
The argument that Trump is "saving Netanyahu's ass" runs into an uncomfortable reality: during his term, the US administration provided Israel with unprecedented military support, including heavy bombs and a green light for operations against Iranian targets. The paradox of Trump now casting himself as the one reining in the Israeli hawk sounds to many like an image makeover or, worse still, a ploy to divert attention from his own nuclear plans for Gaza and Iran.
On the ground, distrust is the currency of the realm. The fact that a leak like this benefits the narrative that Trump controls Netanyahu while, in parallel, a peace is being negotiated that nobody believes possible is, at the very least, suspicious. What is certain is that, with or without the call, the power dynamic between Washington and Tel Aviv remains a chessboard where the pieces move without our knowing who is really pulling the strings.
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