The head of the White House over the past weeks told several assistants that Netanyahu prefers to use military force to coercive to surrender the Palestinian group of Hamas instead of negotiations on the cease of fire. The author of the article emphasizes that Trump’s disappointment in Netanyahu worsened even more when Israel hit the capital of Qatar last week.
According to the publication, when discussing with senior advisers and state secretary Marco Rubio, the US potential reaction to Netanyahu Trump said: “He's Fucking Me” [“он меня “имеет”].
WSJ expressed a misunderstanding why Trump, who prefers to keep everything under control, allows the Israeli leader to act contrary to, and asked a rhetorical question, “whether Trump would be so furious so that something to do with it.”
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shale Lipner noted that Trump's attitude to Netanyahu “is a little confused and contradicts intuition.” He noted that Netanyahu's steps tightened the war in Gaza, created problems for Trump with other US allies in the region and made the expansion of “Avraam's agreements”, which the head of the White House is so proud of, “incredibly difficult.”
The media recalls that Trump had previously used a curse in relation to Netanyahu, in particular when he congratulated Joe Biden on a victory in the 2020 presidential election. Then, during the communication with the press, Trump called the Israeli leader “disloyal” and emphasized: “To hell with him.”
At the same time, according to WSJ, no criticism forced Netanyahu to change his policy. The author notes that Trump's irritation was not embodied in any form of pressure on an Israeli official against the backdrop of warm personal relations with him. People who are familiar with both leaders call them “kindred souls”, recalling the trial against them and the ability of Netanyahu to “subsided” to the American president. The author of the publication notes that Netanyahu has formed a relationship in which he “can temporarily take risks to cause Trump's anger,” but he knows that he will be angry for a while. According to the media, after a strike on Qatar, Trump held two telephone conversations with Netanyahu, in one of which he expressed discontent, and in the second, more friendly, asked if Israel’s attack was successful.
Trump continues to observe the onset of Israel on gas, despite the fact that “the prospects of the desired peace agreement disappear,” the article said. Le Monde wrote that Trump watches the latest events in Ukraine and the gas sector only as a “powerless observer”.
