President Donald Trump on Wednesday further distanced himself from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to Iran and Lebanon, declaring that only Israel wanted the United States to continue bombing Iran and arguing that extending the war could have triggered a global economic catastrophe.
Speaking at the Group of Seven summit in France, Trump portrayed the developing U.S.-Iran agreement as a sweeping diplomatic achievement that would end the current conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“There was only one country that wanted us to continue bombing Iran,” Trump said, referring to Israel. “Only fools would want that.”
Trump said the alternative to reaching an agreement was the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical passageway for global energy shipments, and potentially a worldwide recession.
“The alternative to this deal was a global recession,” Trump said. “There are stupid people who want to see a global recession. They are just stupid people. The Strait of Hormuz would never have been opened.”
The comments represented one of Trump’s most direct public breaks with Netanyahu since the conflict began. Although Trump called the Israeli prime minister “a great man” and described the U.S.-Israel relationship as a good partnership, he made clear that Washington — not Jerusalem — would determine the broader direction of the campaign.
“He gets emotional from time to time,” Trump said of Netanyahu. “We have a good partnership, but he is the small part of the partnership, and we are the decision-makers.”
“This meeting could not have come at a better time,” Trump said of the G7 gathering. “On Sunday, we reached an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we set out to accomplish — ending the current conflict, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
Trump added: “Any relief they receive under this deal, they will have to get based on merit. It won’t be from us. Some people may want to invest. What are you going to do, say you can never invest in a country? That’s pretty tough. I don’t mind being tough but it’s pretty crazy. They need investments.”
Despite Trump’s sweeping description, the arrangement remains a preliminary framework rather than a completed permanent peace agreement. The reported memorandum would extend the ceasefire for 60 days while the United States and Iran negotiate unresolved questions involving Tehran’s nuclear program, sanctions relief and the long-term security of international shipping. The full text had not been publicly released as of Wednesday.
Trump also left open the possibility of renewed American military action.
“I don’t want to bomb Iran again, but might have to,” he said, warning that the United States could return to combat if Tehran failed to comply with its commitments.
The president separately addressed Iran’s uranium stockpile, saying it was secure and could eventually be recovered.
“Nobody can get it, so it’s not important that we do it quickly,” Trump said. “But we could do it fairly quickly. When we have a chance, we will do it.”
The uranium issue remains among the most consequential and least clearly resolved elements of the emerging deal. The preliminary framework is intended to create time for negotiations, but questions remain about Iran’s enrichment capabilities, existing nuclear material and the verification measures Tehran would be required to accept.
Trump’s strongest criticism of Israel focused on its military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, where renewed Israeli airstrikes have threatened to undermine the broader regional ceasefire effort.
“I think Israel could do better with respect to Hezbollah,” Trump said. “I’m not saying they shouldn’t protect themselves.”
But he argued that Israel’s response to limited Hezbollah attacks had sometimes been excessive.
“When two drones are shot into the desert and drop harmlessly, you don’t have to knock down buildings in Beirut,” Trump said. “They could behave better.”
Trump said he had personally urged Netanyahu to exercise greater restraint.
“You don’t have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it that’s from Hezbollah,” he said. “I told him to be more gentle with Lebanon and not to take down a building with a Hezbollah man inside.”
(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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Now that everyone saw that straits can be closed, new infrastructure will be built in a year or two to have reserves, sources in other places, and pipelines from the region. It is unfortunate that nobody did this in advance, but they’ll do it now and Iran will have no cards to play any more.
Well I never thought the day would come when I shall be voting for democRATS, but this day has now arrived.
This is good news for our many friends being victimized by ICE through no fault of their own.
As for Israel, this is what happens when you have the audacity to imprison בני-תורה. It is lamentable that this past week, whilst at sohlberg’s residence, that they didn’t finish off his residence & him.
Time for Ammendment #25. This guy is not well.
“we are the decision-makers.” Forget about Israel’s “independence” day – it is the 51st state of the US!
Whoever believed Trump is pro-Israel was deluded. Trump is pro whatever is best for him and if supporting Israel matches his needs he supports it. With elections coming up in November his interest is saying I ended all these wars and gas prices are down due to my actions.
Practically the only way to end the war in Iran in a way that the Israeli government would be happy is regime change. As we have seen with Hamas and Hezbollah killing the top level of leadership has an impact, but there are plenty of replacements available. Looking at things from Trump’s perspective it isn’t absurd to end things for now. Iran is hoping the next president is a liberal like Newsom who will allow their shenanigans like Obama and Biden did.
Few more weeks of Israel/US bombing would have easily brought better results. They were on their knees begging for ceasefire. You stupid fool rewarding them with rebirth
The title and premise of this article is over the top. Some people come here for objectivity, not liberal lies.
לב שרים ומלכים ביד ה׳
It’s the only answer
The leaders are in Hashem’s control. Perhaps Hashem wants Israel to stop going full speed to wipe out the enemy completely and go as far as Edom let’s us go. Persecuting the Bnei Torah is a recipe for disaster. Unity must come to us and all of the needless bickering and inner fighting must come to an end. If there is peace and unity among us, great things can happen for all of us. Let us make it happen.
Wrong sort of picture. You need to see this as the focal point of Trump’s domestic needs, and a global situation in which an authoritarian axis (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea) is seeing what they can pull off without the US responding and starting a war. It’s not just Israel that needs to get paranoid, very fast.
Picture should have been of a man with a derby and an umbrella claiming to have guaranteed “peace in our time”.
Seems like TDS has gotten to the headline writer.
The President’s position seems logical and sound.
You can be a slavish idolatrous Zionist (lots of repetition there) and therefore want whatever their dear leader says he wants, but that doesn’t make that Zionist leader’s position right nor does it mean a different position is automatically wrong.
Regarding our current situation, it is clear we can no longer rely on the president; instead, we must rely on the creator.
If Iran decided to try and test the well known “rods of God” it now has enough money to fund the test
A metal rod from outer space will get heated and have plasma that no kind of remote control can move it to it’s target
To solve that we need to put behind a outer that won’t get burned off via ice water and ice chemicals and so now the satilites can have the rod from space hit the target, if Iran tried tested this, Israel will not have to make anti satilites weapon
Not the 1st backtrack:- Trump got all irate at Zelensky & took Putin’s side:- 17 months later [since Trump’s inauguration] this still hasn’t been solved, and Zelensky didn’t take Trump’s bullying.
Now Trump is bullying Netanyahu and taking Iran’s side, and in another 17 months, this still shan’t be solved, and Netanyahu shall also not take Trump’s bullying.
How irresponsible can you be?? Please remove the picture immediately!!