Trump & Netanyahu’s FIERY Dispute Exposed

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Vice President JD Vance says the Iran war was a major reason why the Republicans lost in the midterms.

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And at this point, it won't be necessary taking the military action, doesn't seem to be a very necessary thing, but we're locked and loaded ready to go for any reason.

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We don't need to conduct military strikes if we're achieving the same objective through economic means and economic pressure.

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Over the last several days, we've been getting all sorts of messaging from various members of the Trump administration, indicating that they've apparently heard the voters loud and clear. I mean, the midterm elections and the shellacking the GOP suffered as a result of the midterm elections made it very clear to the Trump administration that the Iran war is so unpopular that even some Republican voters are so hell bent on punishing the Republicans that they'll vote for a Democrat.

So we've been getting this messaging. There's no reason to go back to military operations, major combat operations against Iran.

But if you're a smart American, and many of you are smart Americans, you know that it would be wrong to put your guard down and just assume that you can take what Trump and his cronies say at face value, especially when it comes to the war, the same war that we won like dozens of times already, yet continue to engage in, okay. Now, what's interesting though is that President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu engaged in a shouting match from hell. And that's according to a new report, not in Axios, because if it was in Axios, I would roll my eyes and I wouldn't even bother you with it. I wouldn't waste your time with it. No, this is actually being reported in Israeli media. Wynet is where I read about this. And so for context, we learned through the times of Israel and the financial times that Netanyahu has been hitting up his homie Trump every single day, urging him to reignite military operations and kinetic warfare against Iran. He's desperate, he wants it so, so bad. I mean, let's just pause and think about how you would react to someone, anyone, even if it's a world leader calling you every day to pressure you to do his bidding or her bidding.

How has Trump not snapped at him already and told him to shut the F up and stop calling me? That's the right way to handle the situation, but Trump doesn't do it, he takes the call. And according to the times of Israel, Netanyahu calls him every day to urge him to resume the war for those who don't want a war within the White House and outside have been trying to combat that. A person briefed on the discussions is quoted as saying by the Financial Times. Quote, the regional leaders are telling him, meaning the Arab countries, telling him not to escalate and prioritize negotiations. And it does appear that based on some of the statements that Trump has made, he is pursuing a negotiated settlement as opposed to reigniting the war. However, according to the Israeli publication Ynet, over the weekend, Trump and Netanyahu had one of these calls that largely focused on Iran. And that source is familiar with the conversation, described it as an unusually difficult and heated exchange with one source calling it a shouting match from hell.

Now, given the fact that this is Israeli media, and they tend to be a lot more fact based and honest. They're brazen and very honest about what Israel wants to do, intends to do, and every single time it plays out exactly as they report. So I tend to trust Ynet in their reporting here. I have no doubt that after Trump was humiliated in the midterms, after the Republicans were humiliated in the midterms, by carrying out a war against Iran that every other previous president was smart enough not to carry out, I can imagine Trump getting a little snippy with Benjamin Netanyahu. But snippy isn't good enough for me. How about you cut it off? You're done, don't call me. How about you're a loser, Netanyahu? Don't call me, but for some reason Trump doesn't do that. Why doesn't he do that? That's the question that we should be asking.

Now, Netanyahu's office of course denies the account, fake news, complete nonsense. Netanyahu's office said, a senior Israeli official confirmed that the call took place. But likewise insisted, it was very much not a difficult conversation contradicting the accounts given by other sources. I don't trust anything that comes out of the Israelis, so I just want to do my due diligence and let you know how they responded to this reporting. But nonetheless, Netanyahu's statements in the Knesset on Tuesday during the swearing in of the Knesset highlighted their alleged differences. I say alleged because I don't know what to believe about Trump's views on the Iran war, right? Like he's also a liar. He speaks out of both sides of his mouth. I think he wants to be a winner and right now he's a loser because of his decision to go to war against Iran on behalf of Israel. But I don't know what he actually wants to do because he's so dishonest. Now, Netanyahu on the other hand said this. Iran is working to renew the nuclear threat. The only way to permanently remove this existential threat is by toppling the Ayatollah regime.