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Sunday, June 14, 2026
Trump on Beirut strike: Netanyahu ‘has no f**king judgment’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US President Donald Trump says he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “he has no fucking judgment” after an Israeli strike in Beirut as he tries to wrap up a deal with Iran.
“Why did Bibi have to do a fucking attack?” Trump says in a call with Axios. “I was so pissed off. I let him know. He has no fucking judgement. I let him know that.”
Trump also tells Axios and Fox News that he still expects a Memorandum of Understanding to be signed with Iran later today.
Trump tells Axios that the deal would have been signed by now were it not for the strike.
“It shook it up,” he says. “It delayed the signing by a few hours. It was supposed to be now. Now it is scheduled for a few hours from now.”
“It is so bad,” Trump continues. “I couldn’t believe it. An hour before we are supposed to sign the deal.”
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