President Trump offered a glimpse into his private conversations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, suggesting that the two men had a broadly positive rapport but that recent disagreements had prompted the president to call the Israeli leader \u201ccrazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve worked very well together,\u201d Mr. Trump said in an interview<\/a> with The New York Post, summarizing their working relationship as close and constructive.<\/p>\n But Mr. Trump confirmed that he had repeatedly used expletives to convey his frustration on a recent phone call with Mr. Netanyahu over Israel\u2019s military campaign in Lebanon when asked about an Axios report<\/a> on the conversation between the two men.<\/p>\n \u201cI was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon,\u201d he said, referring to the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia in Lebanon.<\/p>\n Mr. Trump made his comments after reports of a growing split between the two leaders<\/a> as the war with Iran, which began with joint U.S.-Israeli attacks, drags on. The Trump administration has excluded Israel from negotiations to end the conflict and the president has publicly urged Israel to stop fighting<\/a> with Hezbollah.<\/p>\n In an interview<\/a> with CNBC on Wednesday published after Mr. Trump made his remarks, Mr. Netanyahu acknowledged what he described as \u201ctactical disagreements\u201d with the president but declined to share details. \u201cWe always find a way to work them out,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n In the New York Post interview, Mr. Trump also said that he hoped to eventually meet with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a>. \u201cWe probably will meet at some point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Iranian authorities did not comment, and it was unclear whether Ayatollah Khamenei, who is believed to have been injured<\/a> in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that began the war, would be willing to meet with Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n