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 Qatars 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.

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mdbl
(8,915 posts)Typical narcissist.
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.
Lovie777
(24,247 posts)shithole doesnt care about Ukraine or the USA.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,332 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(6,004 posts)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.
Initech
(109,522 posts)2MuchNoise
(944 posts)tanyev
(49,879 posts)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!
2MuchNoise
(944 posts)Multichromatic
(233 posts)dem4decades
(14,587 posts)agingdem
(9,012 posts)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 Bibis flattery, bombed Iran convinced the Iranian leadership would capitulate to his demands in days..
ananda
(35,713 posts)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)"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)And t is the antichrist, is he not?
orangecrush
(31,697 posts)maxsolomon
(39,314 posts)Fucking hyperbolic clown.
Katcat
(659 posts)Were on the delusions of grandeur step
rurallib
(64,909 posts)GusBob
(8,319 posts)eom
Attilatheblond
(9,428 posts)sakabatou
(46,504 posts)Grokenstein
(6,446 posts)He's shitting all over everything!
Maeve
(43,531 posts)LudwigPastorius
(15,201 posts)Founding Father of Modern Israel

twodogsbarking
(19,695 posts)Who gets credit for destroying Gaza? Great achievements from great men.
0rganism
(25,752 posts)What a load of subjunctive-conditional bullshit.
Bayard
(30,585 posts)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.
MaryMagdaline
(7,981 posts)ms liberty
(11,449 posts)Die already, so the rest of us can experience some joy.