By Casey Gannon CNN
US President Donald Trump.
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The US signing of the memorandum with Iran is still on track to take place on Sunday (local time) despite Israel’s most recent strike in Beirut, President Donald Trump told CNN political and global affairs analyst and Axios reporter Barak Ravid in comments that sharply rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu.
During a short phone call with Ravid, Trump expressed his disagreement with Netanyahu’s decision to strike Beirut, telling Ravid, “(Netanyahu) has no f**king judgment. I let him know that.”
In an interview with Israel’s Channel 12, Ravid said Trump went further with his criticism of Netanyahu.
“Why did Bibi carry out that attack? Hezbollah fired and hit the middle of nowhere. Nobody was hurt. And then he had to carry out that f**king attack, and in Beirut of all places. It really angered me,” Ravid reported Trump said during the interview.
Earlier on Sunday (local time), Trump called on Israel not to strike Lebanon while an agreement with Iran is “so close.”
“They called me and said, ‘Sir, Israel is attacking in Beirut’- an hour before we were supposed to sign the agreement,” Ravid said Trump told him. “I couldn’t believe it was happening. It’s very bad.”
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