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FACT CHECK #14R0Z8OM
06/06/26 · 3:08 AM UTC · 6 SOURCES
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What you submitted
“Donald Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu: '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.'”
TL;DR ·Donald Trump confirmed using several harsh insults and expletives during a tense call with Netanyahu.
WHAT WE FOUND
Hi there! It looks like this report is TRUE. Based on multiple sources, President Trump had a very intense phone call with Prime Minister Netanyahu concerning military operations in Lebanon . During the exchange, Trump reportedly used several expletives, telling Netanyahu, "You'd be in prison if not for me" and "I'm saving your ass" . He also reportedly expressed that "everyone hates you" now due to the ongoing conflict . Trump later confirmed the heated nature of the call to the press, noting he was "a little bit perturbed" and acknowledging he called the Prime Minister "fing crazy"* .
SOURCES
- 1 · timesofisrael.comWEBTrump said to yell at Netanyahu: 'You're f**king crazy. You'd be in ...
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- 2 · wset.comWEBTrump confirms call rebuking Netanyahu: 'I was a little bit perturbed'
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- 3 · mynbc15.comWEBTrump teases Strait of Hormuz closure through Labor Day as Israel ...
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- 4 · wach.comWEBTrump confirms call rebuking Netanyahu: 'I was a little bit perturbed'
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- 5 · rnz.co.nzWEB'Everyone hates you': Trump reportedly tells Netanyahu in expletive ...
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- 6 · foxnews.comWEBTrump confirms calling Netanyahu expletive in heated ... - Fox News
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