Experts and onlookers have long questioned and theorized that Donald J. Trump was under the manipulation of a foreign leader, whether that be Russia, North Korea, or Israel.
Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has effectively removed all doubt after he went on live television in his country and said the quiet part loud.
Israel's elections are next month, and Netanyahu is more than a little underwater. In his desperate attempts to save his own ass, the Israeli prime minister made an appearance on Israel's popular Channel 14 to make his pitch to voters -- a pitch that consisted of openly bragging about how effectively he has been able to manipulate Donald Trump and the United States.
Zeteo's Prem Thakker translated Netanyahu's Hebrew: "I’ve been against Iran for almost 40 years… it took a long time to bring the United States to its senses."
"[I’ve had] close to 1,000 hours on American television with the ability to influence the United States — with the intimate knowledge of all its leaders, both those who support us and those who don’t support us — the ability to navigate this field, through it," Netanyahu pitched to voters.
Back in March, a Trump White House insider confessed to Bloomberg that the president's decision to launch an all-out war with Iran was at least "partly motivated by pressure from outside allies" -- chief among those "outside allies" being Benjamin Netanyahu.
The speculations swirling around Trump's decision to launch this country into a senseless war on behalf of a genocidal maniac became so intense that Trump himself apparently felt the need to address it, writing in a Truth Social post in late April that "Israel never talked me into the war with Iran."
It seems Bibi begs to differ.
In his Zeteo report, Thakker fumes: "The gall. In English, Netanyahu lavishes praise on US leaders. In Hebrew, he boasts of how he manipulated them."
"Netanyahu explicitly cites how the U.S. media has served as a compliant springboard, a vessel for his influence operation on, if not the populace, at least the consultants and members of Congress who engage with cable news more than their actual constituents."
Thakker was far from the only one appalled by Netanyahu's bold admission.
Right-wing influencer and former MAGA devotee Breck Worsham was stunned by the Israeli prime minister's open brag "on how he manipulated Trump."
Netanyahu brags to an Israeli audience on how he manipulated Trump:
'It took a long time to get the US to come to its senses...but I finally got it to attack Iran due to my influence over its leaders...'pic.twitter.com/JYKXoTtr7u— ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 (@ImBreckWorsham) August 31, 2026
Journalist Max Blumenthal noted, "Netanyahu appeals to Israeli voters by boasting that he manipulated Trump."
Netanyahu appeals to Israeli voters by boasting that he manipulated Trump:
“it took a long time to get the US to come to its senses” but I finally got it to attack Iran due to my “influence” over its leaders through “1000 hours on American television” pic.twitter.com/hwrswfkbv2— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) August 31, 2026
Netanyahu's attempts to manipulate the US into launching a war against Iran on his behalf hail all the way back to the 1990s.
"There comes a point when every dam breaks," Thakker writes. "It should’ve happened decades ago. Years ago. Months ago. Every single day delivers another reminder of how heartlessly violent the Israeli state is, and how that behavior is carried out on the US dime.”
