Trump, in an interview with the Financial Times raged: “He won’t have any choice. I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots.”
Trump’s comments came after Iran launched ballistic missiles at US ally Israel. The attack is the most serious breach the ceasefire agreement.
The US and Israel carried out joint strikes on several key Iranian sites on February 28. Iran retaliated by striking sites across the region and closing the Strait of Hormuz waterway.
A ceasefire was struck in April, but the countires have not yet managed to agree upon a long-term peace deal.
Trump also told Fox News that he would tell Netanyahu to refrain from retaliatory action against Iran.
He said that Iran’s actions had not changed his desire to close US-Iran negotiations.
“It’s not going to have any impact on the deal,” he told the FT.
“We’ll see how it ends up. But they [the missile strikes on Israel] were attacks that did not kick at all.”
“I think the deal is going on,” Trump said. “We’ll see what happens.”
“The deal may make it on its own merit, or not, but this will not have any effect on it.”
Asked what would happen if a deal failed “on its merits”, the US leader said a commando raid on Iran would be considered.
“It means two things,” he said.
“Number one, it would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn’t take care of militarily. Or it would just mean that we would keep the blockade on Iran because the blockade has been probably more powerful than any attack that was ever made on that country.”
Trump’s comments about Netanyahu come after the contents of heated phone call between the two leaders last week were leaked.
Trump reportedly told the Israeli leader in the phone call on Monday, June 1: “You’re f***ing crazy. 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.”
