The Daily Beast
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images President Donald Trump demanded peace between Iran and Israel in a bizarre fashion. His Middle East ceasefire took a beating when the two nations got embroiled in tit-for-tat strikes on Sunday into Monday. The timing was awkward: Trump had insisted in an interview with the Financial Times that he is the one who “calls the shots.” He told Axios that he would call up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to demand that Israel refrain from returning fire on Iran. It is unclear if Trump called the Israeli leader, whom he counts as a close ally, but it is clear that Netanyahu went against his wishes, wrapping up a damaging weekend for Trump. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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