Trump Explodes at Netanyahu Over Beirut Strike: 'He Has No ****ing Judgment'

President Donald Trump unleashed a furious broadside at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, telling Israel's Channel 12 that he was "very unhappy" with Israel's strike on Beirut and that Netanyahu had shown no judgment whatsoever in ordering it.

"Why did Bibi do this attack?" Trump said. "Hezbollah fired and hit the middle of nowhere. Nobody was hurt. And then he has to do this f***ing attack, and in Beirut of all places. It made me very angry."

What Trump didn't know (and this is no thanks to Israel's draconian censor) was that someone was moderately hurt in Margaliot.

Trump said he was blindsided by the timing, revealing that he was informed of the Israeli strike with just one hour to go before the U.S. and Iran were set to sign a nuclear agreement.

"They called me and said --- sir, Israel is attacking in Beirut, one hour before we were supposed to sign the deal," Trump said. "I couldn't believe it was happening. This is very bad."

He did not hold back on his assessment of Netanyahu's decision-making. "Bibi has no f***ing judgment. I passed him that message --- that I am very unhappy."

Trump insisted the deal with Iran was in Israel's own interest, saying it would guarantee Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon, allow inspections of suspected sites in Iran with 24 hours' notice, and eliminate Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.

He also said he has asked Iran not to fire ballistic missiles at Israel in response to the Dahiyeh strike.

He expressed confidence the signing would still take place, though on a delayed timeline. "We were supposed to sign the deal this morning and the Israeli attack on Beirut delayed that. I think the signing will still happen today in a few hours. But the Israeli attack shook things up."

The remarks represent the sharpest public rupture between Trump and Netanyahu since the start of the Iran nuclear negotiations, and come as Israel faces growing isolation in Washington over its Lebanon operations at the most sensitive moment in the diplomatic process.

Israel analyst Yaron Avraham added, "Trump is speaking about Netanyahu the way no leader has ever spoken about him publicly before."

Background:

The strike carried out today (Sunday) in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut is not disconnected from the growing concern in Israel regarding attempts by the Trump administration to restrict the IDF's operational freedom of action in Lebanon, according to a report by correspondent Anna Barsky.

The military activity in Beirut is directly linked to harsh disagreements that have recently emerged between Jerusalem and Washington. In one of the recent conversations held between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, the American president presented a demand for an Israeli withdrawal from five points in southern Lebanon and from the Syrian Hermon region.

This demand, defined by the defense establishment as the worst-case scenario, arose as part of an American attempt to forge broad understandings with the regime in Iran.

Prime Minister Netanyahu responded with an absolute negative to the American proposal, rejecting it unequivocally during the call.

It doesn't bode well for Israel.

On the other hand, maybe the time has come to shake off our golden handcuffs and break away from the US once and for all.