When President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Thursday, the Israeli leader told Trump that it was the last day of his 60-day timeline for Iran to make a deal. Israel could wait no longer, Netanyahu said,

“Trump has now praised Israel’s strike, affirmed US material support, and Israeli media is reporting his public opposition was a disinformation campaign to mislead Iran,” said Saagar Enjeti, rightwing co-host of the podcast Breaking Points. “So in other words Trump, not Israel, has made a mockery of all of us [who] wanted to avoid this war.”

President Trump joked that Iranian officials killed in Israel's airstrike clearly did not die of an illness, warning that Iran should have heeded his warning.

The fact that Israel struck Iran without any US involvement, and against the president’s publicly stated wishes, now thrusts Trump into one of the biggest tests of his young presidency.

Trump claimed on the 2024 campaign trail that the world was on the brink of World War III—but that he would prevent it. He also vowed to end the war in Ukraine after Russia invaded in 2022 and bring peace to the Middle East, but he has struggled to make good on his promises.

Israel's bombing of Iranian targets ignites political clash as Democrats, Republicans, and media figures debate Netanyahu's actions and Trump's Middle East influence

There has been a growing tension between the leaders over Iran - now the US is distancing itself from Israel's "unilateral action".