Trump confirms calling Netanyahu 'crazy' in expletive-laden phone call: 'A little bit perturbed'

President Donald Trump confirmed in a Wednesday interview that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "crazy" during a tense, expletive-laden phone call on Monday about escalating tensions in Lebanon.

Asked during an interview with New York Post journalist Miranda Devine about the veracity of a report claiming he called Netanyahu "f—ing crazy" while taking credit for keeping him out of jail, Trump said, "I did. I wouldn't say 'angry.' I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know. At some point, I said, 'Bibi, we've got to stop this. We gotta stop it.'"

According to Axios, Trump cursed at Netanyahu during the phone call while accusing him of being ungrateful and disproportionately escalating strikes in Lebanon. A U.S. official who spoke to the outlet claimed Trump was upset that Israel has killed so many civilians in their ongoing strikes against Hezbollah in the region, including destroying buildings to target one Hezbollah commander.

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