JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON ¨C Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed ?himself to the Israeli public as being a leader uniquely adept in dealing with Donald Trump, capable of winning and sustaining the U.S. president¡¯s backing.
But an acrimonious phone call this week where the president called the prime minister ¡°f---ing crazy,¡± first leaked to the media and later publicly confirmed by Trump himself, laid bare the strains that have at times emerged between the two leaders.
Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged the call was among the most heated the premier has had with Trump. One of the officials said the leak had damaged Netanyahu politically ahead of this year¡¯s national election.
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