'Bibi, we got to stop this': Trump explains Netanyahu call

Описание: US President Donald Trump acknowledged calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "crazy" in an expletive-filled phone exchange over fighting in Lebanon, while the US was trying to negotiate an end to hostilities with Iran.

In an interview on the "Pod Force One" podcast, Trump was asked whether he had called the longtime Israeli leader "effing crazy" and accused him of ingratitude, paraphrasing a report by Axios. "I did," Trump said. "I wouldn't say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his [constant] fighting with Lebanon, you know."

Trump went on to say he and Netanyahu get along very well. According to the Axios report, which cited an unidentified US official, Trump said to Netanyahu in a call on Monday: "You're f****** crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your a**. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

Trump said in the interview: "At some point, I said, Bibi, we got to stop this. We got to stop it."

Netanyahu, asked about the Axios report, declined to offer details of the conversation but said his relationship with Trump had not changed.

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