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BumRushDaShow

(173,150 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 AM 7 hrs ago

Trump Says Israel Wouldn't Exist Without Him

Source: Newsweek

Published Jun 16, 2026 at 07:09 AM EDT updated Jun 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM EDT


President Donald Trump signaled a deepening rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by claiming "there would be no Israel" without him in a stinging rebuke at the G7 (Group of Seven) summit.

Trump has displayed increasing frustration with his ally in recent weeks as the United States attempted to strike a peace deal with Iran, before an agreement was eventually reached on Sunday. Trump and Netanyahu ordered joint United States and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 with the stated aim of destroying the Islamic Republic's ability to make a nuclear weapon.

Speaking alongside Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at the summit of the world's biggest economies in Évian-les-Bains, France, Trump said: “Without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel, because no other president was willing to do what I did.”

"Israel would have been blown up a long time ago, had I not gotten involved," said Trump, although he denied frustration with Netanyahu, saying the two had “a great relationship,” but he criticized a recent Israeli attack in Lebanon and said too many civilians were being killed. Referring to an unspecified Israeli strike, Trump said: "I saw that attack, I saw where that bomb went. That was vicious." Trump said as he also warned Netanyahu to be "more responsible" with respect to Lebanon.



Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-netanyahu-rift-israel-not-exist-without-potus-12078441

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Trump Says Israel Wouldn't Exist Without Him (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
Dump takes credit for everything, including everything he had nothing to do with. mdbl 6 hrs ago #1
accept, Dave Id 4 hrs ago #17
Oh shit... Lovie777 6 hrs ago #2
Yikes!! He'll say anything BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago #3
But, was an agreement "reached on Sunday"? Miguelito Loveless 6 hrs ago #4
Please, please go fuck all of the way off, Donny! Initech 6 hrs ago #5
In the beginning, trump created the heavens and the earth. 2MuchNoise 6 hrs ago #6
Then Trump looked over all he had made and said, "This is a dump." tanyev 6 hrs ago #10
And the people covered the golden statues with tarps. 2MuchNoise 4 hrs ago #20
Trump and Netanyahu ALWAYS stab their "friends" in the back. Did they not know that about each other? Multichromatic 6 hrs ago #7
It's about time Israel acknowledges their existence is due to Trump. dem4decades 6 hrs ago #8
I'm not a Bibi fan but I agingdem 6 hrs ago #9
Trump is getting a hard lesson in the world outside his sandbox. ananda 4 hrs ago #22
Why doesn't the sombitch just come on out and say it plainly for his ardent Christian nationalist followers? hamsterjill 6 hrs ago #11
Isn't there some thing about the followers of the antichrist believing it is god? mwmisses4289 5 hrs ago #12
Please make it STOP orangecrush 5 hrs ago #13
Who would have "blown it up"? maxsolomon 5 hrs ago #14
Ahhhh Katcat 5 hrs ago #15
he should dress like Moses rurallib 4 hrs ago #16
Is he not of German Heritage? hmmmmm GusBob 4 hrs ago #18
AND... the 'chicken-hawk' genetic subset Attilatheblond 3 hrs ago #26
*facepalm* sakabatou 4 hrs ago #19
Hey 'Yahoo, come take care of your dog. Grokenstein 4 hrs ago #21
Audrey Hepburn is singing in my head now Maeve 4 hrs ago #23
Donald Ben-Gurion Trump LudwigPastorius 4 hrs ago #24
Taking credit for the continued existence of Israel? I will ponder that one a bit. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #25
Once again demonstrating how anything can be concluded from a false premise 0rganism 3 hrs ago #27
"No other president was willing to do what I did." Bayard 3 hrs ago #28
So now he's Harry Truman? MaryMagdaline 2 hrs ago #29
Oh shut the fuck up, you stupid fucking git. You're a narcissistic lying diseased old man. ms liberty 1 hr ago #30

mdbl

(8,915 posts)
1. Dump takes credit for everything, including everything he had nothing to do with.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:01 PM
6 hrs ago

Typical narcissist.

Dave Id

(364 posts)
17. accept,
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:14 PM
4 hrs ago

for all the shit he's fucked up. "no, I never take responsibility for anything." A DJT quote when asked if he felt responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic reaching America.

Miguelito Loveless

(6,004 posts)
4. But, was an agreement "reached on Sunday"?
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:14 PM
6 hrs ago

We have to wait until Friday to know that, but given that the Iran version of the "memorandum of understanding" had as its FIRST condition that bombing cessation included Lebanon, and Israel said it has no intention of being bound by any agreement between the US and Iran, it seems unlikely a deal has actually been agreed to.

tanyev

(49,879 posts)
10. Then Trump looked over all he had made and said, "This is a dump."
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
6 hrs ago

“I hereby order that every place where people live have statues and portraits of me and that they be covered in gold. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Multichromatic

(233 posts)
7. Trump and Netanyahu ALWAYS stab their "friends" in the back. Did they not know that about each other?
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:26 PM
6 hrs ago

agingdem

(9,012 posts)
9. I'm not a Bibi fan but I
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
6 hrs ago

want Bibi to torch Trump with history,…I want him to flay the insane son of a bitch with the ease at which he manipulated the vapid clown into a winless war… how he praised Trump as a great leader, appealed to his insatiable ego… and just like that Trump, high on Bibi’s flattery, bombed Iran convinced the Iranian leadership would capitulate to his demands in days..



ananda

(35,713 posts)
22. Trump is getting a hard lesson in the world outside his sandbox.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:37 PM
4 hrs ago

He's trying to one-up Bibi to show he owns/rules the world.

The problem is that th world just won't cooperate, clap for
him, and enable him the way people, business, and
institutions do over here.

hamsterjill

(17,917 posts)
11. Why doesn't the sombitch just come on out and say it plainly for his ardent Christian nationalist followers?
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:55 PM
6 hrs ago

"I am God".

We all know that's what he thinks. I want to hear him say it, and as a Christian myself, I want to have them explain to me why him saying that would be okay with them.

mwmisses4289

(5,030 posts)
12. Isn't there some thing about the followers of the antichrist believing it is god?
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 01:20 PM
5 hrs ago

And t is the antichrist, is he not?

twodogsbarking

(19,695 posts)
25. Taking credit for the continued existence of Israel? I will ponder that one a bit.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 03:13 PM
3 hrs ago

Who gets credit for destroying Gaza? Great achievements from great men.

0rganism

(25,752 posts)
27. Once again demonstrating how anything can be concluded from a false premise
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 03:19 PM
3 hrs ago

What a load of subjunctive-conditional bullshit.

Bayard

(30,585 posts)
28. "No other president was willing to do what I did."
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 03:36 PM
3 hrs ago

No other president was stupid enough to do what he did. Bibi had previously come to both Presidents Obama and Biden with this scheme. They flat turned him down.

ms liberty

(11,449 posts)
30. Oh shut the fuck up, you stupid fucking git. You're a narcissistic lying diseased old man.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:04 PM
1 hr ago

Die already, so the rest of us can experience some joy.

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