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Posted on 06/24/2025 7:22:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Under pressure from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu significantly scaled back planned retaliation against Iran's violation of a ceasefire agreement, Israeli and U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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"When I say 12 hours [of ceasefire], you don't go out in the first hour and drop everything you have on them," Trump said. "I am not happy with Israel going out this morning because of one rocket that was shot [by Iran], perhaps by mistake."
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A White House source said Trump spoke to Netanyahu in "an exceptionally firm and direct way" about his objections to the Israeli strike.
"The president told Netanyahu what needed to happen to sustain the ceasefire. The prime minister understood the severity of the situation and the concerns President Trump expressed," the source said.
The prime minister's office said in a statement that during the call Trump "expressed his deep appreciation for Israel — which achieved all of the war's objectives. He also expressed his confidence in the stability of the ceasefire."
State of play: After the call with Netanyahu, Trump posted again to Truth Social to say he had convinced Israel to abort its mission.
"ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly 'Plane Wave' to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter!," Trump wrote.
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I guess Trump thinks it is okay for Iran to violate the ceasefire, but not okay for Israel to defend itself when that happens.
Count me as doubtful but hopeful. We may not have been in this exact place before but in all the years we have been at ones that rhyme and there has never been a lasting peace in the ME.
LOVE the plane wave!
That’s not what he thinks.
And if you think that Israel’s Deep State wants peace, think again.
I believe Trump said there was 12 hours until the ceasefire starts, not 12 hours "of cease fire", Axios.
Trump did great over the weekend. He went up and fell back down again by pressuring Israel to take hits.
Iran will attack again amd again knowing Israel will not defend herself.
And I believe Israel did NOT scale back the "retaliation", Axios.
Yeah Trump is mad even using the F word.
https://x.com/RepLuna/status/1937489082965283234
I think Israel dropped one bomb instead of 100.
What?
Are you saying Trump this morning, dropped the F Bomb because Israel dropped one bomb?
President Trump will be in a sh***y mood when he arrives at the NATO summit. 🍿 🍿🍿
Israel, Iran, and their allies know that Trump has a lot more options than many realize to stick it to both belligerents.
And to their allies.
And Trump will make use of them.
Creatively.
They won’t make his day.
We are in a Twilight Zone. Israel cannot defend itself? WTH?
Netanyahu needs war to stay in office...
In this case, you’re right.
Do you still believe we were attacked on 9/11 because they hate us for our freedoms?
He’s always grumpy when he has to be around Macron.
I thought President Trump used the F Bomb before Israel dropped any bombs in retaliation. I think the Israeli planes were en route to Iran, but hadn’t arrived when President Trump made that comment.
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