Donald Trump allegedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “all the Jews are sick of you” during a heated exchange over efforts to secure peace in the Middle East, according to a forthcoming book about the president’s second term.
The claim appears in Regime Change, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, which recounts Trump’s push to negotiate a Gaza peace agreement between Israel and Hamas in September 2025.
According to the book, Trump was on a call with Netanyahu, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff when tensions escalated after an Israeli strike on Qatar. The authors write that frustration with the Israeli leader boiled over during the conversation.
“Everybody’s sick of you, Bibi. All the Jews are sick of you,” Trump reportedly told Netanyahu as he pressed him to accept Kushner’s 20-point peace proposal.
Trump’s reported controversial remarks
Trump then pointed to Witkoff and Kushner, saying, “Even the two Jews on this call are sick of you,” according to the book.
Haberman and Swan also report that Kushner later told an ally, “I’m [expletive] out. The Israelis are crazy.”
Trump, who has long described himself as a close ally of Netanyahu and Israel, then reportedly insisted that the prime minister remain committed to the peace framework. The deal was announced two days after the call.
“You can’t back out of this. I’m the best friend Israel ever had. Everybody hates you, and I’ve stood by you. This is a great deal for Israel,” Trump allegedly told Netanyahu.
Two days later, Trump and Netanyahu were standing side by side to announce the deal.
When reached for comment by The Daily Mail, The White House reinforced Trump and Netanyahu’s relationship and the special bond between Israel and the US.
They also praised the IDF’s partnership during Operation Epic Fury against Iran.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Prime Minister Netanyahu for comment.
Trump signals strain in Netanyahu relationship
There have been signs in recent weeks of a further unraveling of the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu.
This past weekend, Trump insisted Israel would have been ‘eviscerated’ without his support.
Trump also said he has to try to keep Netanyahu ‘a little bit sane’ and that he has ‘a lot of respect for me’.
And he maintained Netanyahu would ‘do as I say’ as deadly strikes in Lebanon risked derailing his Iran peace plan.
But US intelligence agencies warned that Netanyahu would try to ‘undermine’ Mr Trump’s peace efforts, the Washington Post reported.
Asked if he can control Israel in Lebanon, Trump told Axios: ‘Yeah. They have a lot of respect for me – and do as I say.’
Trump has also been increasingly critical of the high death toll from Israeli attacks, particularly on the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
‘When two drones are shot into the desert and drop harmlessly, you don’t have to knock down buildings in Beirut. They could behave better, and frankly they could do a better job,’ Trump said in a press conference at the G7 summit in France last Wednesday.
Trump calls Netanyahu ‘crazy’
The president has expressed further frustration with Netanyahu, claimed credit for Israel’s existence and has described the Israeli leader as ‘crazy.’
Israel and the US jointly launched the war against Iran on February 28, closely coordinating the more than monthlong military operation.
But disagreements quickly emerged following a preliminary April 8 ceasefire agreement, with Netanyahu pushing to continue the campaign and Trump moving to wind down a war that was deeply unpopular in the US and rattled the global economy.
Even Vice President JD Vance has become more critical of the Jewish state as he attempts to negotiate peace with Iran.
He publicly scolded members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet who have been vocal about their disappointment with the newly minted deal.
Critics in Israel publicly questioned how seriously Iran would approach the negotiations now that the US has removed economic and military pressure.
Vance issues warning to Israeli cabinet
On Thursday Vance issued an extraordinary rebuke, warning Israeli critics not to alienate their ‘only powerful ally’ left in the world.
Vance told members of Netanyahu’s cabinet to ‘wake up and smell the reality,’ amid growing tensions between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.
‘Donald J Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who’s sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time,’ Vance said during a White House press briefing.
‘If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.’
He added: ‘Anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in.’
While Netanyahu has been careful not to openly criticize this week’s ceasefire deal, some members of his cabinet have been more outspoken.
Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who leads a small ultranationalist party, this week declared that Israel is not ‘bound’ by Trump’s agreement and said it would not cave in to international pressure.
Vance also had choice words for him and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, calling out both politicians for attacking the deal in an interview with the New York Times.
‘I guess my response to them would be – what is your exact proposal? You’re a country of nine million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have,’ Vance told the Times.
He credited Netanyahu for not personally criticizing the deal, but explicitly raised the huge amounts of military aid that the United States gives Israel, its key ally in the Middle East.
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