President Donald Trump has issued a shocking, public scolding of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
While speaking at the G7 summit in France on Tuesday, Trump chided the nation for “too many people” being killed in their fight against Hezbollah.
Watch:
BREAKING: President Trump publicly rebukes Israel over its war against Hezbollah.
“Israel’s fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed.”
Trump said he opposed strikes that destroy apartment buildings filled with civilians and revealed he urged Israel to… pic.twitter.com/sfLxhiWTqA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 16, 2026
“Israel’s fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed,” he said. “And you don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they’re not all Hezbollah, that I can tell you.”
“I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah, because to be honest with you, I think they’d do a better job of doing it,” he admitted. “[I] didn’t like where, two hours before we’re signing the agreement, that there was an attack in Lebanon, in Beirut. It wasn’t like in the southern side, it was in Beirut! I didn’t like that, I let them know that.”
“If Israel can’t do the job without killing everyone else, he’ll do the job. Syria will do the job,” the president concluded.
X users reacted to Trump’s remarks:
Not sure what the President’s point even is.
The whole damn point of fighting terrorism is to hunt down and kill those bastards before they kill us- no matter how fucking long it takes.
— Human (@dr_sepanta) June 16, 2026
Is it happening? Has he finally realized?
— Tyjo (@Tyjo1xi) June 16, 2026
His foreign policy basically exists on trusting terrorists to police terrorists. What a terrible retreat from global peace
— JPJ (@aurexia1213) June 16, 2026
Is he ok? I think POTUS is turning into Biden
— Emma Karabelnik (@EKarabelnik) June 16, 2026
Until the our taxes stop going to them to bomb kids this is all smoke and mirrors
— Andrew (@jovai69) June 16, 2026
New York forget 9/11
You want Israel to forget Oct. 7— Woody B. (@wballentinecom2) June 16, 2026
As a far right conservative. Get the fuck out of here, Syria loves hezbollah and terrorism.
— Jack 🇺🇸 (@je11703) June 16, 2026
A very naive take on this conflict between Israel & Hezbollah (terrorists) from president Trump. I didn’t expect that. Disappointing
— ElieN (@eenasser) June 16, 2026
Too many terrorists are being killed? Too fucking bad.
— Jerusalem of Iron 🇮🇱 עם ישראל חי (@jerusalemofiron) June 16, 2026
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