The U.S.-Iran agreement has set Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a “collision course” with President Donald Trump, according to a report published on Monday.
A Major Rift Brewing?
An Israeli official told Reuters that the preliminary agreement is “terrible” for Israel and no one in the country’s leadership views it otherwise.
Notably, Trump described Netanyahu as a “very difficult guy” in a New York Times interview on Sunday, adding that the Israeli leader should be “thankful” to the U.S. for preventing a possible nuclear attack from Iran.
But this is not the first time Trump has expressed his displeasure with Netanyahu’s actions. Earlier this month, he reportedly called Netanyahu “crazy” over Israel’s attacks in Lebanon in an “expletive-laden call.”
Netanyahu also acknowledged differences with Trump at a Monday press conference, saying, “We many times see eye-to-eye, and there …
