00:21Donald Trump just told the world he's about a deal away from ending one of the most dangerous wars
00:27on the planet, Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, a ceasefire that could reshape the Middle East.
00:33But there's a problem, and it's not Tehran. It's Israel. According to Axios, Trump called Benjamin
00:41Netanyahu this week with big news. A letter of intent with Iran could be signed within days.
00:47A 30-day window to hammer out the nuclear program, reopen Hormuz, even address the brutal Israel-Hezbollah
00:55fighting in Lebanon that's killed thousands. Trump's message to Bibi? It's a great deal.
01:01Time to end the war. Here's where it gets interesting. U.S. officials reportedly worried
01:06Netanyahu could play the spoiler even after a deal is signed. Not openly, not with a press conference,
01:13but through actions on the ground that could quietly blow the whole thing up. This isn't a one-off.
01:19Just last week, Trump reportedly tore into Netanyahu in an expletive-laden call after Israel
01:25struck a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, right as the U.S. was trying to lock in a preliminary
01:31peace framework. One source says Trump told him,
01:34I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. And before that, Axios reported Netanyahu's hair
01:41was on fire after a previous call where the two leaders openly disagreed on the path forward.
01:46Maybe the most telling detail, when Trump announced a breakthrough with Iran,
01:51it reportedly caught Netanyahu completely by surprise. Israel's prime minister,
01:57supposedly America's closest ally on this issue, found out from a Trump social media post.
02:02When Trump called an hour later to explain, Netanyahu didn't push back. He told Trump he
02:08trusts him to handle Iran's nuclear program in the final terms. But privately, a U.S. official put it
02:15bluntly, Bibi probably understood that a deal was about to happen and that he could not stop it.
02:21So why the friction? Israeli officials are deeply skeptical the deal will actually hold.
02:27Their fear, Iran signs, the war ends, and then Tehran just stalls. No real nuclear concessions.
02:34Meanwhile, Iran quietly rebuilds by selling oil, without the threat of war hanging over it.
02:40Israel's defense minister said Trump is pursuing this deal based on American interests,
02:45but Israel expects him to protect their shared principles on Iran's nukes, missiles, and proxy
02:51militias. And he added something pointed. Israel retains the ability to act independently to stop
02:57Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Translation? If Israel thinks the deal is too soft, they're not
03:03promising to sit still. One man is racing towards the finish line. The other isn't sure it's the right
03:10race. So the fear is not whether Trump and Iran can make a deal. It's whether Netanyahu lets it stick.
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