- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down with CNBC for an interview in Israel and discussed his relationship with Donald Trump , global oil supply, and Israel's investment appeal.
- Trump said on a podcast that “there would be no Israel” without him and denied being “tricked” into the ongoing conflict with Iran . Trump also said he was “perturbed” by Netanyahu “constantly fighting with Lebanon” and told him, “Bibi, you’ve got to stop this. You’ve got to stop it.”
- Netanyahu admitted to having “tactical disagreements” with Donald Trump, addressing reports that Trump had called him “crazy” in a phone call.
- He clarified that despite these occasional disagreements, they “agree on the main things,” including preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
- “Sometimes we have, as in the best of families, you have these tactical disagreements,” he said. But “we always find a way to work them out, and we do so as great friends. We can disagree in the morning,” and find common ground by the afternoon, he said.
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