US President Donald Trump has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he actually cares about establishing peace in the Middle East, according to a report.
American news and information website Axios reported on Sunday that Trump made the blunt assertion during a phone call with Netanyahu last year where the two men discussed a potential peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians.
Trump had mentioned Netanyahu’s pronouncements of building additional settlements in order to ingratiate his conservative supporters. The US president then reportedly warned the Israeli premier about the provocative move which he said would anger the Palestinians.
According to three officials familiar with the content of the call, Trump then asked Netanyahu if he really wants peace or not.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the news outlet that President Trump “has great relationships with a number of foreign leaders but that…