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Trump to N12: Netanyahu has 'no f***ing judgment'

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Trump to N12: Netanyahu has 'no f***ing judgment'

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TL;DR

President Donald Trump told Israeli broadcaster N12 that Prime Minister Netanyahu has "no f***ing judgment," according to a post from reports — mirroring his remarks to Axios on June 14. The quote attributed to Trump uses the same forceful language as the earlier Axios interview, restating his anger over Israeli military action he says complicates diplomacy with Iran.

01 · THE DISPATCH

Israeli broadcaster N12 has now broadcast its own report repeating President Donald Trump's remark that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "no f***ing judgment," according to a report at 02:14 Jerusalem on Monday. The N12 version, published overnight, reiterates the exact phrasing Trump used in an Axios interview on Sunday evening — but does not introduce additional context, new recipients of the remarks, or any change in U.S. policy posture.

As The Zioneer reported across ten updates on Sunday June 14, the president's criticism escalated rapidly within the span of about 30 minutes. At 19:10 Jerusalem, journalist Barak Ravid (N12) first quoted Trump saying he was "very angry" about the Beirut strike and that "Bibi has no fucking judgment" — a claim confirmed moments later by Amichai Stein of i24NEWS. By 19:20, Ravid reported that Trump said the strike delayed a planned U.S.-Iran nuclear deal; by 19:48, an Axios interview cited Trump directly as saying the prime minister "has no f***ing judgment" and that the military operation nearly derailed the signing. The thread's sourcing broadened from a single unnamed source to multiple newsroom confirmations across the evening.

As The Zioneer reported at 19:48 Jerusalem on June 14, Trump told Axios that the Beirut strike took place one hour before a scheduled U.S.-Iran deal signing and that his anger was communicated directly to Netanyahu. The president has framed the incident as a disruption to his diplomatic push with Tehran, saying he expects the agreement to still go through.

No official statement has been issued by the White House or the Prime Minister's Office confirming the exchange. The N12 report, like the earlier Axios report, does not specify whether there was an audio recording of the remarks or an on-the-record interview conducted on camera — the attribution remains sourced to an unnamed individual familiar with the conversation.

02 · How it developed

11 developments

  1. Latest

    Israeli broadcaster N12 re-reports Trump's remarks originally made to Axios.

  2. Trump specifically criticized Netanyahu for having 'no f***ing judgment' regarding the strike.

  3. Trump used profanity to describe the Beirut strike as a 'fucking attack'

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03 · Source and signal

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