Trump assailed Netanyahu with profanity over Lebanon escalation, Axios reports

U.S. President Donald Trump fiercely criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call on June 1, using profanity to condemn Israel's military escalation in Lebanon, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officials and another source. The call took place on the same day Iran had threatened to suspend negotiations with the United States. According to the sources, Trump described Netanyahu as crazy and ungrateful, and halted Israel's plans for airstrikes on Beirut. Trump warned that threatening to bomb the Lebanese capital would further isolate Israel on the world stage and claimed to have saved Netanyahu from prison during his corruption trial. The U.S. officials summarized Trump's remarks as telling Netanyahu that he was crazy, would be in jail if not for Trump's intervention, and that everyone now hates both Netanyahu and Israel because of the situation. Another source said Trump was extremely angry and yelled at Netanyahu, asking what he was doing. The report noted, however, that Trump had recently thanked Netanyahu in a social media post.