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highplainsdem

(63,425 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:47 PM 18 hrs ago

'I call the shots:' Trump says Netanyahu will have 'no choice' but to accept whatever deal US makes with Iran

Source: i24 News Israel

US President Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have "no choice" but to accept any nuclear agreement negotiated between Washington and Tehran.

"He won't have any choice," Trump told the Financial Times in a telephone interview. "I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots."

In the same interview, Trump suggested that military options remain on the table if diplomatic efforts with Tehran collapse. Asked what he would do if negotiations failed "on their merits," the US president said he would consider a US commando operation. Yet, Trump also emphasized that the strikes had not diminished his determination to pursue a negotiated agreement with Tehran.

Trump's remarks came shortly after Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward Israel in what has been described as the most serious violation of the ceasefire reached in early April, sharply escalating tensions across the region.

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Read more: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-i-call-the-shots-trump-says-netanyahu-will-have-no-choice-but-to-accept-whatever-deal-us-makes-with-iran

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'I call the shots:' Trump says Netanyahu will have 'no choice' but to accept whatever deal US makes with Iran (Original Post) highplainsdem 18 hrs ago OP
Bibi is not listening................ Lovie777 18 hrs ago #1
Yep. I wonder why. Such a mystery. Karasu 13 hrs ago #43
JFC. Could TSF be more full of shit? johnnyfins 18 hrs ago #2
Neither of those PedoProtectors is calling the shots IbogaProject 14 hrs ago #38
His message to Netty-bahoo was quite correct, for a change--- Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #46
My thoughts ran immediately to two famous scenes... Moostache 25 min ago #60
Until Bibi shows orange ass face his copy of the EpsFiles. PuraVidaDreamin 18 hrs ago #3
As much as I detest the orange blob & believe nothing he says, I still do love to hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #4
Same here Polybius 16 hrs ago #21
and President Biden should have done it, over the GAZA genocide.... Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #47
And with that, Israel bombs Beirut Renew Deal 18 hrs ago #5
Bibi knows Trump has no skills to make a deal Johonny 18 hrs ago #6
Hey now. He'll take his ball, go home and blame Biden for it too. durablend 16 hrs ago #16
Bibi knows Trump is a complete incompetent who is full of hot air. He has no fear of him whatsoever. Karasu 13 hrs ago #42
The whole world outside of rural America Johonny 4 hrs ago #56
"I call the shots. He doesn't call the shots." belpejic 18 hrs ago #7
Can we stop calling it a cease fire? dem4decades 18 hrs ago #8
That was my first thought! slightlv 15 hrs ago #28
More Trump gaslighting. dem4decades 14 hrs ago #37
Wanna bet? sinkingfeeling 17 hrs ago #9
First of all, Iran doesn't want a deal, gab13by13 17 hrs ago #10
I believe they genuinely moonscape 16 hrs ago #20
Iran is playing Trump. They know how weak his position is with American citizens. patphil 17 hrs ago #11
The thing that sucks, is that maga and everyone around trump is telling him he's winning sboatcar 15 hrs ago #27
Well that settles that. twodogsbarking 17 hrs ago #12
Two Narcissists fighting over whose in charge! BlueKota 17 hrs ago #13
I'm sorry Mr Trump . . . Aussie105 16 hrs ago #14
wink wink chuckle chuckle ha ha HA HA republianmushroom 16 hrs ago #15
If Netanyahu wasn't calling the shots, Ms. Toad 16 hrs ago #17
How many? All of them Deminpenn 6 hrs ago #53
Back on May 4th he claimed he held all the cards. How'd that work out? tanyev 16 hrs ago #18
Military cards? Maybe. Aussie105 15 hrs ago #23
Why is Trump allowing Iran to close the strait if their military has been destroyed/obliterated? Norrrm 14 hrs ago #35
He was holding Uno cards Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 12 hrs ago #45
Who does Bibi Netanyahu want for POTUS after Trump? PufPuf23 16 hrs ago #19
Trump....and the US will get humiliated again. What's Bibi got on Donald? OAITW r.2.0 16 hrs ago #22
Here is what he has on Bibi. multigraincracker 15 hrs ago #24
Just from the way he reacts, I suspect a (literally) damning collection of videos. usonian 15 hrs ago #25
They also probably have "Epstein Files" of their own, too... slightlv 15 hrs ago #30
I wonder if he called those other "shots". You know, the ones supposedly aimed at him from other right-wing nutcases. Wonder Why 15 hrs ago #26
Israel strikes Iranian military targets, says IDF ImNotGod 15 hrs ago #29
A commando operation??? The Madcap 15 hrs ago #31
All Netanyahu has to do is wag his finger over the epstein button. Trump will come to heel. PSPS 15 hrs ago #32
Yeah, riiight. bamagal62 15 hrs ago #33
ATTENTION Donald Trump diplomacy is done quietly Botany 14 hrs ago #34
Trump: "I call the shots" LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #36
This is from The ONION, yes??? niyad 13 hrs ago #39
"Nobody knows more about sleeping through the briefing and struggle4progress 13 hrs ago #40
The Usrael war machine is like that movie with Rosey Grier & Ray Milland: "The Thing with Two Heads!" (Trumptanyahu) RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 13 hrs ago #41
He's delusional if he thinks that. Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #44
You old fool orangecrush 10 hrs ago #48
Don't forget to remind bibi that you hold all the cards eringer 10 hrs ago #49
He calls the shots RazorbackExpat 9 hrs ago #50
Bibi knew Trump..he had only to flatter him, court him.. agingdem 8 hrs ago #51
Trump ..... Tony Soprano....[watch] IcyPeas 6 hrs ago #52
Trump is more like Fredo to me underpants 3 hrs ago #57
What an asshole. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #54
Sure. SamuelAdams 5 hrs ago #55
I'm thinking VonSchitzInPants can't remember what he said an hour ago and the 'winging it" is going NoMoreRepugs 2 hrs ago #58
Funny Katcat 1 hr ago #59
Isn't that precious. Widdle Donnie thinks he controls the world. ananda 23 min ago #61

johnnyfins

(4,095 posts)
2. JFC. Could TSF be more full of shit?
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:53 PM
18 hrs ago

If you have to SAY that you call the shots, you ain't callin no shots. The only shots he is calling are the ones he is letting the doctors give him that are barely keeping him alive. Let alone awake...

IbogaProject

(6,118 posts)
38. Neither of those PedoProtectors is calling the shots
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:54 PM
14 hrs ago

Iran has to agree to any "Deal" and they aren't even negotiating as they seem to be calling our bluff and waiting until the large oil shortage actually gets priced into the markets. That hasn't happened so far, the world is receiving about 10-15% less oil per day than before this misadventure. I will say I think the world's total oil use has now peaked and will begin it's slow decline. The western capital markets require endless growth and this will be a big mess as it unravels.

Jack Valentino

(5,290 posts)
46. His message to Netty-bahoo was quite correct, for a change---
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:08 AM
11 hrs ago

whether his orders will be is another question altogether,
but Israeli politicians should never be "calling the shots"
on American policies--- and he got THAT right---

It is so rare that he gets anything 'right', but he did that time

Moostache

(11,319 posts)
60. My thoughts ran immediately to two famous scenes...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:38 PM
25 min ago
First - Game of Thrones:




Second - President Fredo (from The Godfather Part II):
I cannot think of a more apt description of him than President Fredo at this point.
Too bad there is no Michael in the GOP or Congress right now...

hlthe2b

(114,917 posts)
4. As much as I detest the orange blob & believe nothing he says, I still do love to
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:54 PM
18 hrs ago

see Bibi slapped down--even if it is merely performative.

When did Bibi Netanyahu--the immensely corrupt Israeli PM--and as such our primary beneficiary--get to call all the shots? Shows how weak the entire world, but Netanyahu especially--believe Trump to be.

Jack Valentino

(5,290 posts)
47. and President Biden should have done it, over the GAZA genocide....
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:12 AM
11 hrs ago

but Trump's reasons are all about being 'the biggest pig on the block'...

He sent the right message, but for the wrong reasons...

Johonny

(26,747 posts)
6. Bibi knows Trump has no skills to make a deal
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:58 PM
18 hrs ago

And thus isn't fucking worried. What's Trump going to do cry foul and go home again. LOL.

Karasu

(2,213 posts)
42. Bibi knows Trump is a complete incompetent who is full of hot air. He has no fear of him whatsoever.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:39 PM
13 hrs ago

Johonny

(26,747 posts)
56. The whole world outside of rural America
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 08:18 AM
4 hrs ago

Knows it. Only our fucking voters think Trump is a genius, and even that number has shrank down to just the brain dead racist fuck faces.

slightlv

(8,096 posts)
28. That was my first thought!
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:52 PM
15 hrs ago

How can there be a ceasefire when everyone is still lobbing missiles at everyone else? This is beyond ridiculous! Words absolutely have no meaning anymore.

patphil

(9,266 posts)
11. Iran is playing Trump. They know how weak his position is with American citizens.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:28 PM
17 hrs ago

All Iran needs to do is keep stringing Trump along, and he'll look more and more like the foolish idiot he actually is.

sboatcar

(881 posts)
27. The thing that sucks, is that maga and everyone around trump is telling him he's winning
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:52 PM
15 hrs ago

They're lying to him, he's lying to himself, they don't even know what's true anymore

Aussie105

(8,259 posts)
14. I'm sorry Mr Trump . . .
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:12 PM
16 hrs ago

Sorry for two things:

Not wanting to call you President.

and this:

You never called the shots, ever.
You've been played all your life, by people smarter than you, by people who saw personal gain in following you, placating you.
Bibi is just one of them.
One of many.


Ms. Toad

(38,884 posts)
17. If Netanyahu wasn't calling the shots,
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:27 PM
16 hrs ago

we wouldn't be in this war.

How many presidents were smart enough to refuse Netanyahu's urging to start this war?

Norrrm

(5,851 posts)
35. Why is Trump allowing Iran to close the strait if their military has been destroyed/obliterated?
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:07 PM
14 hrs ago
???

PufPuf23

(9,982 posts)
19. Who does Bibi Netanyahu want for POTUS after Trump?
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:32 PM
16 hrs ago

Netanyahu says Trump is the best POTUS ever.

Trump is the POTUS foolish enough to attack Iran and provide Israel cover for other adventures.

Netanyahu and the Kushner family are personal friends and now business associates.

Trump's "I call the shots" is for public consumption. Netanyahu and others have Trump by the ball sack.

Iran's best strategy is to bind time and exhaust the support and resources controlled by Trump and Netanyahu.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,839 posts)
22. Trump....and the US will get humiliated again. What's Bibi got on Donald?
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:02 PM
16 hrs ago

I suspect that there are many foreign intel agencies that have copies of all of these unreleased Epstein files.

multigraincracker

(38,172 posts)
24. Here is what he has on Bibi.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:21 PM
15 hrs ago

US aid to Israel. We give all that money to them so they can have free health care, but we can’t afford it for us. Time to shove that fact into Bibis face and our party needs to make that clear to us voters.
We have the cards and have to stop being bluffed by our “friends”.

usonian

(26,834 posts)
25. Just from the way he reacts, I suspect a (literally) damning collection of videos.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:42 PM
15 hrs ago

Now, to say that the owner is Putin, Bibi, Musk or Price Bonesaw is confusing, because he dances to one of their tunes at a time, which leads me to suspect that there's a SPECTRE kind of auction going on for the goods. The latest turn of affairs says that Putin outbid Bibi this turn in the game.

Don't forget, we ARE living in the Twilight Zone right now, with episodes of James Bond 007, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and National Lampoon interspersed.

Here's undisputable proof.

Lampoon was on the wristwatch craze early.



Mister Bean has been both Putin's bodyguard,

Note the waiter from "Victor, Victoria" backing him up.

And James Bond's friend.

slightlv

(8,096 posts)
30. They also probably have "Epstein Files" of their own, too...
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:55 PM
15 hrs ago

What he did at home wasn't kept only at home. You know he had "servicers" where ever he went. Makes all the CT around the trump Russian pics seem maybe not so CT after all, IMO.

Wonder Why

(7,295 posts)
26. I wonder if he called those other "shots". You know, the ones supposedly aimed at him from other right-wing nutcases.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:46 PM
15 hrs ago

ImNotGod

(1,277 posts)
29. Israel strikes Iranian military targets, says IDF
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:55 PM
15 hrs ago

The Israeli military is saying it has struck military targets of the Iranian regime in western and central Iran.


Guess Israel didn't get the memo

The Madcap

(2,105 posts)
31. A commando operation???
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:59 PM
15 hrs ago

Someone dressed in orange has been watching way too many Rambo movies.

PSPS

(15,394 posts)
32. All Netanyahu has to do is wag his finger over the epstein button. Trump will come to heel.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:00 PM
15 hrs ago

struggle4progress

(126,912 posts)
40. "Nobody knows more about sleeping through the briefing and
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:34 PM
13 hrs ago

then making a sudden rash uninformed decision than I do!"

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,363 posts)
41. The Usrael war machine is like that movie with Rosey Grier & Ray Milland: "The Thing with Two Heads!" (Trumptanyahu)
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:34 PM
13 hrs ago

eringer

(556 posts)
49. Don't forget to remind bibi that you hold all the cards
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:36 AM
10 hrs ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

agingdem

(9,001 posts)
51. Bibi knew Trump..he had only to flatter him, court him..
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:10 AM
8 hrs ago

pander to Trump’s massive ego..say nice things about the bloviating narcissist and Trump would fall in line and commit to bombing Iran…and Bibi was right…

SamuelAdams

(263 posts)
55. Sure.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 07:51 AM
5 hrs ago

Is he going to claim he ordered Israel to bomb Iran this weekend, or is it all "fake news"?

NoMoreRepugs

(12,263 posts)
58. I'm thinking VonSchitzInPants can't remember what he said an hour ago and the 'winging it" is going
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:46 AM
2 hrs ago

to get dangerously out of control.

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