Benjamin Netanyahu manipulated the U.S. president into going to war with Iran.
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovOct 27, 2026
Sources support that Netanyahu lobbied hard for the war and boasted of influencing Washington, and Rubio cited Israeli influence. But Trump denies Israel talked him into the war, and the WSJ and FPIF pieces argue U.S. leaders chose the war themselves, so 'manipulated' is a contested characterization, not an established fact.
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… of all of the West, because at some point, guys like me who think of Israel as the good guys and think of Intebi and Munich, we're going to be gone, and it's gonna be people who just see, Okay, that Gaza has the greatest concentration of child amputees, who just see that this guy manipulated a fairly feeble-minded president into going to war with Iran, which seems to have destabilized the entire region and has put targets on our air bases instead of them being seen as shields, and has totally disrupted the global economy. …
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Trump publicly denied that Israel talked him into the war, writing 'Israel never talked me into the war with Iran' in a late-April social media post.[2]
Contradicts. A WSJ opinion piece argues Israel did not manipulate the US, since the countries worked closely together and Trump does what he wants, and FPIF argues Israel lobbied but did not 'drag' the US into war.[3][4]
Supports. Netanyahu himself boasted in a televised interview of nearly 1,000 hours on US television and his ability to influence American leaders into the Iran war, per Raw Story and Zeteo reporting.[2][5]
Supports. Reuters reports Trump launched the Iran war jointly with Netanyahu, and Rubio pointed to Israel's influence, saying the US knew Israel would act and that this would precipitate US action.[1][4]
Context. Iranian officials Araghchi and Ali Nikzad accuse Netanyahu of manipulating Washington, but these are interested parties whose accusations are not independent verification.[6][7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 3, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Netanyahu touts Trump endorsement on eve of vote, suggests they may restart war on Iranreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Gasps as foreign leader brags on live TV about 'how he manipulated Trump': ‘The gall'rawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3The Bibi-Made-Trump-Do-It Canardwsj.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 4Israel Didn’t ‘Drag’ the U.S. Into War—American Hawks Have Wanted This for Decades - FPIFfpif.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5First Draft: 🤔 Netanyahu Brags How U.S. Cable News Let Him ‘Influence’ America Into War With Iranzeteo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Iran deputy speaker says Netanyahu led Trump into war trapiranintl.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Araghchi Accuses Netanyahu of Manipulating US Into Iran ...en.politis.com.cy · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Iran Claims Netanyahu Manipulated US Into Warnewscentraltv.com · not rated · cited for: context
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