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The Wall Street Journal revealed that Trump vented to top aides, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying bluntly: “He’s f***ing me.”
This was no ordinary policy disagreement. The September 9 attack targeted Hamas figures reportedly discussing Trump’s own Gaza peace proposal at the time—essentially blowing up the very negotiations Trump had been working to secure.
The problem? Israel didn’t bother to warn the U.S. until the operation was already underway. By then, it was far too late to stop it.
Details of the incident only make Netanyahu’s actions look worse.
Israel deployed more than 10 fighter jets to hit residential buildings where Hamas political leaders were staying. The assault killed five Hamas members and one Qatari security officer—but the main Hamas leadership team survived.
Hamas later confirmed that key negotiators like Khalil al-Hayya were unharmed.
So Israel managed to spark a diplomatic crisis with America’s Gulf partners while failing to take out the high-value targets it was supposedly after.
Even worse, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff had met with Netanyahu’s advisers just one day earlier. They never mentioned a word about the planned strike. When the bombs started falling, it wasn’t Israel but Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine who had to inform Trump.
Here’s the real kicker: Hamas leaders were reportedly discussing Trump’s peace deal when Netanyahu’s jets came roaring in.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani didn’t mince words, saying Netanyahu “killed any hope” of freeing the 48 remaining Israeli hostages.
Trump had been working tirelessly to broker a ceasefire and bring the hostages home. But Netanyahu’s actions undercut those efforts—making diplomacy harder and strengthening critics who claim the Israeli leader cares more about his political survival than lasting peace.
This whole episode raises troubling questions for U.S. foreign policy.
Trump campaigned on putting America first. Yet Netanyahu ordered an attack on a key U.S. ally without real consultation, embarrassing Washington in front of Gulf partners like the UAE and Saudi Arabia—nations central to Trump’s own Abraham Accords.
The UAE even declared that attacks on any Gulf nation “constitute an attack on the collective Gulf security framework.”
Meanwhile, China and Russia are watching all of this unfold, seeing an American president publicly disrespected by his supposed closest ally.
At some point, Trump will have to decide: is he the one leading America’s foreign policy—or is Netanyahu?
Because right now, it’s getting harder and harder to tell.
