Donald Trump has insisted Israel would have been ‘eviscerated’ without his support.
The US President also said he has to try to keep Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘a little bit sane’ and that he has ‘a lot of respect for me’.
And he maintained Mr Netanyahu would ‘do as I say’ as deadly strikes in Lebanon risked derailing his Iran peace plan.
But US intelligence agencies last night warned that Mr Netanyahu would try to ‘undermine’ Mr Trump’s peace efforts, the Washington Post reported.
Asked if he can control Israel in Lebanon, Mr Trump told the Axios news site: ‘Yeah. They have a
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