Trump Tells Netanyahu He Has No Choice But to Accept a US-Iran Peace Deal

President Donald Trump issued one of his bluntest warnings yet to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, declaring that Israel would have no say in any nuclear agreement Washington reaches with Tehran.

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

The remarks came at one of the most volatile moments in the ongoing conflict. Iran fired a volley of missiles at northern Israel on Sunday night, catapulting the region back to the cusp of all-out war after two months of a shaky ceasefire. No Israelis were hurt in the attack, which involved some ten missiles fired in quick succession. Iran said the strikes were in retaliation for an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs earlier in the day. 

Despite the flare-up, Trump made clear it would not derail his push for diplomacy. "It's not going to have any impact on the deal," Trump told the FT, adding that Iran's strikes "didn't hurt anybody." He urged Iran to return to the table, telling Fox News: "You've shot your missiles, that's enough. Get back to the table and make a deal." 

Trump simultaneously urged Netanyahu to hold back. "Hopefully Israel is not going to retaliate. If Bibi strikes them back, it's just gonna keep going like the last 47 years, or the last 3,000 years," Trump said. 

The President's tone toward Netanyahu has notably hardened in recent days. Trump reportedly called Netanyahu "fucking crazy" during a phone call last week — a remark first leaked to the media and later publicly confirmed by Trump himself, who confronted Netanyahu over Israeli threats to resume airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. 

Trump said any deal with Iran would likely be agreed within "a couple of weeks," while acknowledging that his belief could "change at any moment — with a phone call." His terms remain firm: no nuclear weapons and no missiles. 

The sharp public split between Washington and Jerusalem over Iran policy reflects a deeper tension. Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned that Tehran is rebuilding its ballistic missile arsenal after it came under attack during the 12-day war with Israel, and have been preparing to brief Trump about options to strike again. Trump, however, appears unwilling to let Israeli military calculations override his diplomatic timeline.