{"id":1524,"date":"2026-06-08T20:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:09:55","slug":"iran-war-pushes-trump-netanyahu-friendship-to-limit-as-bibi-balances-israeli-goals-and-trumps-ire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1524","title":{"rendered":"Iran war pushes Trump-Netanyahu friendship to limit, as Bibi balances Israeli goals and Trump\u2019s ire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Iran war has rattled the global economy, shaken the security assumptions of an emerging Gulf region and nudged up gas prices.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1522\">Federal judge blocks Trump\u2019s $100K fee for H1-B visas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s also been a stress test for the longtime friendship between two powerful leaders, President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Recent tensions have even fueled speculation that the bromance between Bibi and Donald is over.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said he called Mr. Netanyahu \u201cf\u2014\u2014\u2014 crazy\u201d during a tense call last week as part of discussions of the situation in Lebanon, and he was equally blunt in assessing whether Mr. Netanyahu would have to accept a U.S.-brokered deal with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe won\u2019t have any choice,\u201d Mr. Trump told the Financial Times over the weekend. \u201cI call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn\u2019t call the shots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a far cry from Mr. Trump\u2019s first term, when he won Israeli praise for recognizing Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel. Mr. Trump in 2020 called Mr. Netanyahu \u201ca great friend of mine and a great friend of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p>    SEE ALSO: Israel, Iran hold their fire after Trump pressures Netanyahu<\/p>\n<p>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Mr. Netanyahu, in one of his visits, called Mr. Trump \u201cthe greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, there is a rift in the friendship, fueled by seemingly divergent aims between Mr. Netanyahu, whose political base wants to punish Iran and its terror proxies in Lebanon, and Mr. Trump, who is seeking a peace deal that would forestall Tehran\u2019s nuclear ambitions and give him a foreign policy win in a midterm year.<\/p>\n<p>The coming days and twists in the war, which the U.S. and Israel started together on Feb. 28, could have a lasting impact on their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts say talk of a lasting rift is premature.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Netanyahu is hardly alone in facing cycles of ire and warmth from the U.S. leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost like a game of musical chairs involving world leaders and Trump. When the music stops, no one wants to be in Trump\u2019s crosshairs,\u201d said Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, adding it is the same dynamic with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, Bibi will try to duck until another crisis hits and Trump gets annoyed at someone else,\u201d Mr. Rubin said. \u201cIt\u2019s the international relations equivalent of \u2019Hey, look! A squirrel!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, by Monday afternoon, Mr. Netanyahu was looking to patch things up with Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>He vowed to stop striking Iranian territory \u2013 for now \u2013 and said he consulted with the U.S. president, who had demanded a stop to the fighting hours earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1520\">Minnesota officials ignored years of fraud warnings, House report says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say this with appreciation and respect in my good conversations with my friend President Trump,\u201d Mr. Netanyahu said in a video message explaining his recent actions.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump also insists he has a good relationship with the prime minister, even if he is annoyed with Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s repeated forays into Lebanon to attack Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists. Iran says the assaults near Beirut violate a ceasefire that was agreed to weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump on Sunday insisted that he and Mr. Netanyahu are on the same page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get along very well. We\u2019ve been great comrades. We did a very, very big number on a certain country that was nothing but trouble for 47 years. I disagree with him on a couple of things,\u201d he told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Mr. Trump flexed his muscle in getting Iran and Israel to stop fighting. He underscored his tough love for Israel with a social media post that mixed optimism with a warning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!\u201d he said. \u201cFinal negotiations on \u2019Peace\u2019 are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some experts say Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu were never that close, anyway, but found a way to benefit from each other\u2019s outward friendship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the bromance has always been performative,\u201d said Jeffrey Feltman, visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and former assistant U.S. secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>He compared it to the relationship between Mr. Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They shared a close bond during Mr. Trump\u2019s first term, even hosting rallies for each other in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>But this term, Mr. Modi declined to nominate Mr. Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, \u201cand suddenly Modi is on the outs,\u201d Mr. Feltman said.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Mr. Trump ordered sky-high tariffs on goods from Mr. Modi\u2019s country as punishment for buying Russian oil.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Feltman said recent friction might not doom Mr. Trump\u2019s relationship with Mr. Netanyahu, particularly if it wasn\u2019t that solemn of a bond from the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are two transactional people who largely found a way to work together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1518\">Low-tax advocates cheer Congress\u2019 bipartisan support for challenging foreign digital services taxes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iran war has rattled the global economy, shaken the security assumptions of an emerging Gulf region and nudged up gas prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[752,17],"class_list":["post-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-iran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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