By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American)
Despite daily phone calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump doesn’t appear ready to resume attacks on Iran and called continuing the war “unlikely” on Truth Social.
The news also comes after an unverified report from Israel’s Channel 13 that the U.S. Central Command told Israeli officials military strikes on power plants and civilian infrastructure are ahead.
The reports follow President Trump’s message on CBS’s 60 Minutes: Israel and Middle East allies will pay the full cost of the war, now pegged at almost $50 billion tax dollars.
The Financial Times revealed that Netanyahu is on the phone with Trump every day. The lame duck prime minister is “urging him to launch a renewed military offensive against Iran,” apparently before opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, whom Israeli President Isaac Herzog instructed to form a new coalition government, comes to power.
“Netanyahu calls him every day [to urge him to resume the war],” but “those who don’t want a war within the White House and outside have been trying to combat that,” the newspaper reported:
The regional leaders are telling him not to escalate and prioritize negotiations.
Netanyahu’s lobbying for more war is not surprising. Netanyahu, after all, briefed Trump in the White House Situation Room and fed him the nonsense that regime change in Iran could be easily accomplished and would be assisted by a Kurdish invasion from Iraq. CIA Director John Ratcliffe called the claims “farcical,” and Secretary of State Marco Rubio called them “bullsh*t.”
The calls are significant considering what Trump reported on Truth Social two days ago: Middle East leaders want peace.
“I had an excellent conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the Prime Minister of Qatar, wherein much was discussed with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote:
Most importantly, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others, would prefer the status quo, in other words, a continuation of the Greatest Naval Blockade in History, and the new Operation Iron Gate — Therefore, Land and Sea. All have agreed that Iran cannot have a Nuclear Weapon — That is non-negotiable! Should there be any change with respect to developments in the Middle East, the United States of America is ‘locked and loaded’ and ready to go. At this point, however, that seems to be quite unlikely. Israel, and the entire Middle East, are protected from Iranian danger and threats. We are seeing positive momentum toward an end to this Conflict, and will ensure that America’s interests are at all times protected. At the conclusion of this Military Engagement, the American People, and the World, will be far safer and more secure.
Trump’s statement on the social-media site also contradicts another report: that CENTOM has informed Israeli leaders another hard blow against Iran is ahead.
“U.S. Central Command has delivered a message to senior Israeli military leaders to prepare for a possible third wave of U.S. strikes on Iran, Israel’s Channel 13 reported,” Trump’s Truth Social account reported…
Read the rest here: https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/foreign-policy/netanyahu-calls-trump-every-day-to-push-for-more-war-trump-says-regional-leaders-want-status-quo-allies-israel-to-pay-for-war/
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