00:00President Trump is reported to have called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu effing crazy during a phone call last
00:07night.
00:07Well, according to Axios, the president erupted over Israel's escalating military operations in Lebanon and plans to strike Beirut.
00:15Let's be clear, telephone conversations between Trump and Netanyahu are not at all unusual.
00:21There is an ongoing war with Iran, there's fighting in Lebanon, and there's a flurry of behind-the-scenes diplomacy.
00:27But what is unusual here is the language and the tone, with sources quoted by Axios saying that Trump also
00:34accused Netanyahu of isolating Israel on the world stage.
00:38Everybody hates Israel because of this, he's reported to have said.
00:42Well, the White House has not confirmed these remarks, and Netanyahu's version of events paints a rather different picture.
00:48Either way, the report suggests growing frustration in Washington over the escalation in Lebanon
00:54and repeated violations of the ceasefire, as well as concerns about the proportionality of Israel's military responses.
01:01Well, in perhaps the most diplomatic understatement of the week, President Trump described that call with Netanyahu as, quote,
01:08very productive.
01:09Well, that's certainly one way of putting it.
01:11As they say, there are always two sides to every story, and then there is the truth.
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