[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  OSINTdefender [@sentdefender](/creator/twitter/sentdefender) on x 1.5M followers Created: 2025-07-20 19:48:54 UTC Following recent strikes by Israel against Syria, against the wishes of U.S. President Trump, the White House is beginning to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control. “Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time,” one White House official told Axios, “This could undermine what Trump is trying to do.” Another U.S. official also pointed to the shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City this week, which resulted in several deaths and caused an international uproar, leading President Trump to call Netanyahu and demand an explanation. “The feeling is that every day there is something new. What the fuck?” A third U.S. official said there's growing skepticism inside the Trump administration about Netanyahu — a sense that his trigger finger is too itchy and he's too disruptive. “Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won't behave.” On Tuesday, the Israeli Air Force bombed a convoy of tanks and other armored vehicles with the Syrian Army that were enroute to the city of Suwayda to intervene in violent clashes between Druze militias and armed Bedouin tribesmen. Israel claimed the convoy crossed into a “demilitarized zone” in Southern Syria, and that the Syrian military was participating in attacks on the Druze minority, which has been denied by Damascus. U.S. Special Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, asked his Israeli counterparts on Tuesday to stand down to allow for a diplomatic resolution, and the Israelis committed to do so, according to a U.S. official. Instead, after a pause, Israel escalated strikes, bombing both the Ministry of Defense and Presidential Palace in Damascus. “The bombing in Syria caught the president and the White House by surprise. The president doesn't like turning on the television and seeing bombs dropped in a country he is seeking peace in and made a monumental announcement to help rebuild,” a U.S. official told Axios. Secretary of State Marco Rubio then directly told Netanyahu and his team to stop on Wednesday, with Netanyahu agreeing to do so in return for the Syrian military withdrawing from Suwayda. But by then countries including Turkey and Saudi Arabia had conveyed angry messages to the Trump administration about Israel's actions, and several senior U.S. officials, specifically envoys Steve Witkoff and Tom Barrack complained directly to Trump about Netanyahu.  XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [white house](/topic/white-house) [all the](/topic/all-the) [told](/topic/told) [netanyahu](/topic/netanyahu) [minister benjamin](/topic/minister-benjamin) [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) [israel](/topic/israel) [Post Link](https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1947020914329358728)
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Following recent strikes by Israel against Syria, against the wishes of U.S. President Trump, the White House is beginning to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control. “Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time,” one White House official told Axios, “This could undermine what Trump is trying to do.”
Another U.S. official also pointed to the shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City this week, which resulted in several deaths and caused an international uproar, leading President Trump to call Netanyahu and demand an explanation. “The feeling is that every day there is something new. What the fuck?”
A third U.S. official said there's growing skepticism inside the Trump administration about Netanyahu — a sense that his trigger finger is too itchy and he's too disruptive. “Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won't behave.”
On Tuesday, the Israeli Air Force bombed a convoy of tanks and other armored vehicles with the Syrian Army that were enroute to the city of Suwayda to intervene in violent clashes between Druze militias and armed Bedouin tribesmen. Israel claimed the convoy crossed into a “demilitarized zone” in Southern Syria, and that the Syrian military was participating in attacks on the Druze minority, which has been denied by Damascus. U.S. Special Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, asked his Israeli counterparts on Tuesday to stand down to allow for a diplomatic resolution, and the Israelis committed to do so, according to a U.S. official. Instead, after a pause, Israel escalated strikes, bombing both the Ministry of Defense and Presidential Palace in Damascus.
“The bombing in Syria caught the president and the White House by surprise. The president doesn't like turning on the television and seeing bombs dropped in a country he is seeking peace in and made a monumental announcement to help rebuild,” a U.S. official told Axios.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio then directly told Netanyahu and his team to stop on Wednesday, with Netanyahu agreeing to do so in return for the Syrian military withdrawing from Suwayda. But by then countries including Turkey and Saudi Arabia had conveyed angry messages to the Trump administration about Israel's actions, and several senior U.S. officials, specifically envoys Steve Witkoff and Tom Barrack complained directly to Trump about Netanyahu.
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