Trump Exerts Influence Over Israel Policy

“He basically unilaterally ended the war with Iran back in June and Iran launching missiles and then Israel launching a wave of of planes. We saw that rant of Trump on the White House lawn where he used the F bomb and said, you know, what they're doing and called Netanyahu up and said call the planes back.”

“called Netanyahu up and said call the planes back. with Netanyahu said that this is a decision that we were part of. There's no there's no illusion that this is something that Netanyahu wanted.”

“they're doing and called Netanyahu up and said call the planes back.”

“they're doing and called Netanyahu up and said call the planes back. very clear who was calling the shots.”

“It's being perceived here as sort of Israel not achieving the aims that Netanyahu presented. Netanyahu said that Israel would basically destroy Iran's nuclear program and missile programs.”

“And Donald Trump knows that he has leverage over Netanyahu. And as we've seen, Trump doesn't just say to Netanyahu, OK, announce the ceasefire now. Trump announces it himself.”

“Netanyahu was about to inform his cabinet and maybe hold a vote on it. But obviously it would have been a rubber stamp. But he was even before Netanyahu could inform the cabinet, Trump had already announced it.”

“But he was even before Netanyahu could inform the cabinet, Trump had already announced it. So it was quite humiliating for Netanyahu, they say to his ministers, well, there's a ceasefire.”