{"id":630648,"date":"2026-07-06T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=630648"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:45:00","slug":"trump-netanyahu-knows-who-the-boss-is-after-phone-call-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=630648","title":{"rendered":"Trump: &#8216;Netanyahu Knows Who The Boss Is&#8217; After Phone Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Trump: &#8216;Netanyahu Knows Who The Boss Is&#8217; After Phone Call<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could meet as early as next week after the US leader returns from the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Trump told Axios on Saturday after a Friday phone call, wherein the Israeli PM congratulated the American leader on\u00a0the 250th Independence Day of the United States. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/04\/trump-israel-netanyahu-white-house-meeting-iran\">said<\/a> something very interesting in the wake of the call:\u00a0<strong>&#8220;We get along very good. [Netanyahu] knows who the boss is,&#8221; <\/strong>he told <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trmpbibipoint.jpg?itok=cdUMxwOH\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trmpbibipoint.jpg?itok=cdUMxwOH\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2cc5255d-ceb8-41bf-be08-0c1f43b8e78b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trmpbibipoint.jpg?itok=cdUMxwOH\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption><em>via Reuters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>US-Israel relations have been deeply strained of late, given deep Israeli reluctance on the US-Iran MoU signing, as well as the US-mediated ceasefire in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Israel fears that the end result to a hasty peace could be a nuclear-armed Iran, and some Israeli leaders have gone so far as to say military action must not stop until there&#8217;s true regime change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During their conversation, the Prime Minister said that the United States is a guarantor of global freedom, and that Israel greatly values the close relationship between the two nations. Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump <strong>agreed to meet soon in the United States<\/strong>,&#8221; Netanyahu&#8217;s office said of the Saturday call.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of controversy over the US-Israel relationship and the push to launch Operation Epic Fury, <em>Axios<\/em> provides the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/04\/trump-israel-netanyahu-white-house-meeting-iran\">following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>&#8220;Many of Trump&#8217;s closest advisers think that Bibi was wrong about everything,&#8221;<\/strong> a U.S. official said.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Trump\u00a0lashed out at Netanyahu\u00a0over Israel&#8217;s escalation in Lebanon in a phone call last month, calling the prime minister &#8220;crazy&#8221; and accusing him of ingratitude.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The tensions have deepened a <strong>broader\u00a0Republican schism\u00a0over Israel and the war<\/strong>, with MAGA influencers like Tucker Carlson <strong>accusing Trump of being beholden to Netanyahu<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Indeed there seems of late a concerted White House effort to dispel this narrative. It seems that Trump is at least now more conscientious about it, given he&#8217;s publicly seeking to assure Americans that Bibi &#8220;knows who the boss is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A prior Trump-Bibi call in June didn&#8217;t go so well. At that time reports based on US officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/irgc-launches-new-strikes-kuwait-after-us-attacks-until-last-american-soldier-leaves\">indicated that<\/a> President Trump ripped into Netanyahu, cussing at him and the president essentially<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8216;steamrolled&#8217; him\u00a0&#8211; angry over breaking the Lebanon truce and demanding that Israel&#8217;s military not attack Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is said to have told Netanyahu\u00a0<strong>&#8220;you\u2019re fucking crazy\u2019&#8221; while demanding Lebanon truce: &#8220;I\u2019m saving your ass,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0he also reportedly said. Israeli officials have sought to downplay these negative reports&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed reports of a growing rift with U.S. President Donald Trump, calling their relationship \u201cexcellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Fox News, Netanyahu said the two have occasional \u201ctactical disagreements,\u201d but added, \u201cIn 99% of cases we see eye\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Osint613\/status\/2073796708945793097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since then, the US has essentially forced Israel to acknowledge the Lebanon ceasefire &#8211; though it should be noted that the IDF occupation has been allowed to continue in southern Lebanon &#8211; and direct exchanges of missile fire between Tehran and Tel Aviv has been silenced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 07\/05\/2026 &#8211; 22:45<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trmpbibipoint.jpg?itok=cdUMxwOH\" title=\"Trump: &apos;Netanyahu Knows Who The Boss Is&apos; After Phone Call\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: &#8216;Netanyahu Knows Who The Boss Is&#8217; After Phone Call President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could meet as early as next week after the US leader returns from the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. 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