Some Trumpworld insiders want President Donald Trump to be more publicly vocal about differences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after Israel’s Monday actions aimed at Lebanon threatened to scuttle diplomacy to end the war with Iran.Trump and Netanyahu have a close personal relationship but have privately disagreed on multiple occasions since the president reentered office last January. However, according to reports, Trump’s Monday call with his Israeli counterpart, in which the president talked Netanyahu out of invading suburbs outside of Beirut, Lebanon, was particularly tense and expletive-ridden.Israel’s announcement of the ground operation threatened to derail ongoing ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran, which five current and former Trump administration officials told the Washington Examiner underscores the “high-wire act” the president is currently walking.
Trump has faced increasing coalitional pressure to end the war as domestic concerns grow and the midterm elections loom. Possible cracks in support for the war are evident. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), who’s running for Senate with Trump’s backing, said the war could become a “political liability” if it lingers, though she said she “supports his mission to keep nuclear weapons out of Iran’s hands.”
