Trump berated Netanyahu? Analysts question US-Israel feud rumours

In January 2024, the publication Axios reported that the United States president at the time, Joe Biden, was “running out of patience” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza had been raging for months by that point, and Biden was facing public backlash over US support for the conflict. Recommended Stories list of 3 items end of list The assault would continue for the rest of Biden’s term and bleed into the first 10 months of Donald Trump ‘s second presidency. Since then, media outlets have continued to publish anonymous accounts of rifts and “frustrating” calls between Trump and the Israeli prime minister. But US support for its Middle East ally has never wavered. Another anonymously sourced report about a furious, expletive-laden call between US and Israeli leaders came out this week, and it spread rapidly across international media. Axios reported on Monday that Trump called Netanyahu “f***ing crazy” and berated him over Israel’s escalation in Lebanon. Around the same time, an Israeli attack killed six people, including two children, in the southern Lebanese town of al-Marwaniyah. Experts say that despite leaks of feuds and harsh words between US leaders and Netanyahu, policies are ultimately what matters, and they have changed very little. …