The president of the United States, Donald Trump, would have attacked the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he would have called “fucking crazy” during a phone call to talk about the escalation of the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, according to the American media Axios.
In the call, Trump used “vulgar” expressions to express his discontent, as US officials would have said anonymously, according to the aforementioned media. Likewise, the American president would have warned him that he would be in jail if it were not for him. “I’m saving your ass,” he reportedly said.
During the call, Netanyahu reportedly informed Trump that his position remains the same and that he will continue attacking “terrorist targets” in Beirut if the Shiite militia Hezbollah does not stop its attacks against Israel. After the call and after maintaining “unusual contacts” with Hezbollah, Trump announced that Israel and the Shiite group committed to stopping their attacks.
The official version contrasts with the information from Axios
The official version of this call is more diplomatic and does not mention any confrontation between the two leaders. “I have had a very productive call with Prime Minister ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu of Israel and there will be no troops going to Beirut and the troops that were on the way are already back,” the American tycoon said in Truth Social.
For his part, Netanyahu has assured that he confirmed to Trump that “if Hezbollah does not stop attacking” Israeli cities and population, “Israel will attack terrorist targets in Beirut.” “Our position remains firm,” he declared, which means that the Israeli Army will continue attacking “as planned in southern Lebanon.”
Trump doesn’t give a damn about peace talks
Regarding the peace negotiations, Trump has expressed in an interview with CNBC that he doesn’t give a damn about them because they have started to get “very boring.” Although he told the head of ABC News that “everything is looking good.”
For his part, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that Iran “agrees to negotiate aspects of its nuclear program”, which previously “they refused to even mention.” He has also asserted that the attacks against the Persian country have been “greatly successful” and that its “conventional shield” has been “substantially eroded.”
Regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Rubio has commented that the United States seeks to open it, but that the “conversations” with Iran are complicated because there are “fragmentations” within the Iranian regime. “I say conversations because negotiating with Iran is not like negotiating with Switzerland. It is something very different. They require the use of intermediaries,” he pointed out.
