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Created: 2025-07-21 21:04:31 UTC

- The Axios report highlights a rare public rift between Trump and Netanyahu, triggered by Israeli strikes in Syria on July 16, 2025, targeting Syrian troops and Damascus after clashes involving the Druze minority, escalating tensions in a region destabilized since Assad's fall in December 2024.

- U.S. officials' "madman" label for Netanyahu reflects frustration over his unilateral actions, including a July XX strike on a Gaza church, which prompted a heated Trump-Netanyahu call, contrasting with their historically close alliance strengthened by Trump's 2017 Jerusalem embassy move.


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