‘I was a little perturbed’: Trump confirms the ‘everybody hates you’ phone call with Netanyahu

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US President Donald Trump acknowledged criticising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in an expletive-laden phone call, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.

A US official recalled Trump telling Netanyahu: “You’re f...ing crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your a... Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.”