00:00I just want to ask you about some, you know, ongoing speculation about the nature of the
00:06relationship and the strains and the stresses between President Trump and Prime Minister
00:10Netanyahu. At the weekend, President Trump told the Financial Times, I call the shots,
00:15he doesn't call the shots with regards to Netanyahu. Are you detecting some frustration here?
00:20Yeah, some frustration, Tom, and good to see you again. But I think it's just some frustration.
00:25And I want to emphasize that, you know, this is not a major, you know, split between Netanyahu and
00:32the president. So the president understands that Israel has to defend itself. And I think much of
00:38the mainstream media here in the U.S. chooses to ignore the fact that Hezbollah is firing missiles
00:45on Israeli civilians. And so it's quite natural for Netanyahu to respond to that. And so I think
00:52the Americans would as well, except that the president for now has, you know, a slightly
00:57different agenda. Most of the agendas of Netanyahu and President Trump are quite consistent. But there
01:04is a bit of a difference in that, you know, the prime minister has to defend his country and his
01:09people in the immediate case or in real time. Whereas the president is looking not just at winning,
01:17he's looking at a total realignment in the Middle East, in the Gulf. And so I think this is a
01:23moment
01:23where even though the president understands that Israel has to defend itself, you know, he's asking
01:30them to hold back. And he asked Iran the same thing. And I think Iran for now, and I emphasize
01:36for
01:36now, is actually listening to the president and has chosen to stop firing missiles.
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