The SunDonald Trump has said Benjamin Netanyahu will “do whatever I want” after the pair reportedly had a tense phone call over the Iran war. The “lengthy and dramatic” chat was focused on Trump’s decision not to restart airstrikes on Tehran after the US president claimed he was just minutes from launching a fresh round of attacks on Monday.
Netanyahu has been clear from the start that his war aims are to abolish Iran‘s support for regional militias such as the Houthis, dismantle their nuclear programme and destroy all missile capabilities. Israel is yet to be convinced any of these three key goals have been achieved. But Trump said yesterday he is in “no hurry” to begin strikes again and is willing to give Iran another “shot” during peace negotiations.
