US President Donald Trump confirmed that he called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “fucking crazy” during a phone call on Monday about Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah, but added that he respects Netanyahu and works “very well” with him.

Trump spoke about the call during an hourlong interview on the “Pod Force One” podcast, published Wednesday.

Asked by host Miranda Devine if he made the explicit comments, Trump replied: “I did.”

“I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon,” he said, while noting, “I like Bibi a lot. And I work very well with him.”

Trump’s expletive-laden rant at Netanyahu was first reported on Monday by the Axios outlet and later denied by Israeli officials.

Axios’s Barak Ravid cited a US official who summarized Trump’s message to Netanyahu as follows: “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.”

Speaking in an interview on “Pod Force One” with the New York Post’s Miranda Devine, President Trump confirmed reporting by Axios about his tense phone call Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he reportedly said, “What the fuck are you doing?” Telling… pic.twitter.com/YU9PgAVI3R — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 3, 2026

Speaking in an interview on “Pod Force One” with the New York Post’s Miranda Devine, President Trump confirmed reporting by Axios about his tense phone call Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he reportedly said, “What the fuck are you doing?” Telling… pic.twitter.com/YU9PgAVI3R

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 3, 2026

The tense phone call came amid an escalating conflict in Lebanon, where Israel had threatened to strike........

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