President Donald Trump has made it clear that he believes he is in charge when it comes to his complicated relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Since the US and Israel launched joint attacks against Iran in late February, the close partnership between the two countries and its leaders has become frayed at times.During a phone call between Trump and Netanyahu last month, the president called the prime minister 'f***ing crazy' and expressed frustration at Israel's continued attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon, which disrupted peace negotiations with Iran.Some critics have also said that Netanyahu convinced Trump to go to war with Iran. Even Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in March that the US joined Israel's operation because Israel would have attacked anyway and the US wanted to get ahead of Iranian retaliation, though he later walked back the statement.On Saturday, Trump attempted to set the record straight on his relationship with Netanyahu. 'We get along very good. [Netanyahu] knows who the boss is,' Trump told Axios over the phone.The president also told the outlet that Netanyahu asked for a meeting at the White House, which could take place as soon as next week. That would be the first time the two leaders meet in person since the beginning of the war. Netanyahu's office said the prime minister requested the meeting during a call with Trump on Friday to congratulate the president on America's 250th anniversary.'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,' Netanyahu's office told Axios in a statement. On Saturday, Trump said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'knows who the boss is' and that he requested an in-person meeting at the White House Trump's comments came as officials in his administration have expressed skepticisim over Netanyahu's leadership, and public opinion towards Israel has declined in the US A meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, which could happend next week, would be the first time the leaders meet in person since early February. They are pictured during that meeting'Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump agreed to meet soon in the United States,' the statement continued.Although the president said that the meeting could take place next week, he is scheduled to appear at the NATO summit in Turkey on Tuesday and Wednesday, so an Israeli official said the meeting might instead take place the week after. Netanyahu's request for a meeting comes at a time when American public opinion towards Israel has declined tremendously among both Democrats and Republicans, and Trump administration officials have grown skeptical of Netanyahu's leadership.Progressive, pro-Palestinian candidates in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Colorado recently experienced landmark victories in primaries against more moderate Democratic candidates, and influential conservative voices such as Tucker Carlson have turned on Israel.'Many of Trump's closest advisers think that Bibi was wrong about everything,' a US official told Axios.Mending the cracks in the relationship between the US and Israel is likely a key goal for Netanyahu as the Israeli election for prime minister will take place in October, and he is behind in polling. Setting up a meeting with Trump appears to be a step towards that goal.During Trump's interview with Axios, he also said that he is following the funeral of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a joint US-Israeli strike on his leadership compound on the first day of the war with Iran. The US and Israel's relationship frayed last month after Israel's continued attacks in Lebanon disrupted peace negotiations with Iran. Vice President JD Vance is pictured during those negotiations Trump said he has been following former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's funeral. Enormous crowds are pictured attending the state funeral in TehranTrump said that the US and Iran have agreed to pause peace negotiations for a week during the funeral proceedings, but the cease-fire between the two countries will hold in the meantime.The president maintained his stern stance against Iran, however, and threatened yet again to resume attacking the country. 'They are all there. One shot [and we can take them all out], but we are not going to do that because then we would have nobody to negotiate with,' Trump told Axios.