‘Bibi Acted Like a Madman’: Trump White House Reportedly Thinks Netanyahu is ‘Out of Control’
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President Donald Trump’s White House reportedly believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been acting “like a madman” — following Israel’s latest attacks on Syrian government targets.
According to a new report by Axios correspondents Barak Ravid and Marc Caputo, the White House believes Netanyahu is undermining Trump’s efforts at achieving peace.
“Bibi acted like a madman,” an unnamed White House official told Axios. “He bombs everything all the time,”
Another U.S. official told Axios, “Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won’t behave.”
Trump himself made an angry call to Netanyahu after Israel’s bombing of the only Catholic Church in Gaza on Thursday. After Netanyahu told Trump the bombing was a mistake, Trump demanded the Israeli government put out a public statement to that effect — which they did.
Still, despite the administration’s concerns about Netanyahu and Trump’s reaction to the Thursday attack, Axios reports it is “unclear” if he shares the frustrations of his advisors. Trump has repeatedly gone to bat for Netanyahu in recent months — specifically on the corruption case he is facing.
“I was shocked to hear that the State of Israel, which has just had one of its Greatest Moments in History, and is strongly led by Bibi Netanyahu, is continuing its ridiculous Witch Hunt against their Great War Time Prime Minister!” Trump wrote on June 25. He added, “Bibi Netanyahu was a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel.”
Trump, on June 29, also threatened to withhold U.S. aid from Israel if the charges against Netanyahu were not dropped.
And yet those inside the West Wing are losing confidence in the prime minister.
“The feeling is that every day there is something new,” an unnamed U.S. official told Axios. “What the f***?”
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