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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Kenneth Axl

'Madder at the Israelis Than Iranians': Trump Rages at Netanyahu for 'Scheming' to Drag US Back to War

A leader trying to escape a war finds the politics closing in. (Credit: WIKICOMMONS)

Washington on 19 June 2026 was the setting for fresh claims that Donald Trump is furious with Benjamin Netanyahu, with a report saying that White House sources believe the president fears Israel is 'scheming' to pull the United States back into war. One administration official told the outlet, '[R]ight now, he's definitely madder at the Israelis than the Iranians.'

The Zeteo report by Asawin Suebsaeng and Prem Thakker says the tension has been building around Trump's efforts to get rid of the conflict he 'unilaterally began in February.' What Zeteo describes is not a formal policy shift so much as an angry White House mood, the sort of thing that can shape policy anyway when the person at the top is the one doing the swearing.

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