An analysis published in The Guardian examined growing strains between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu amid the ongoing war on Iran, despite repeated public assurances from both leaders that coordination remains intact.

The report noted that Netanyahu broke what was described as an unusually lengthy silence on the war by releasing a video statement in which he insisted he maintained "full coordination" with Trump and spoke with him "almost daily".

According to the analysis, the statement came after weeks of reports in Israeli media suggesting that Tel Aviv had been increasingly excluded from discussions surrounding the war and subsequent Pakistani-mediated talks.

Dahlia Scheindlin, an American-Israeli political consultant and pollster, questioned the need for such strong public reassurances, saying, "He is doing so much talking about how great the relationship is that it makes me rather concerned about how much tension there is."

Scheindlin added, "I wouldn’t be surprised, as the war is clearly going very poorly from all perspectives related to the original goals."

Trump-Netanyahu war alliance

The article argued that Trump and Netanyahu had become politically tied to the outcome of the war launched on February 28, describing the war as a joint US-Israeli campaign against Iran that has reshaped regional dynamics and exposed divisions between the two allies.

The analysis further stated that Netanyahu had spent years urging successive US administrations to open a war against Iran and had played a major role in persuading Trump to abandon the 2015 nuclear agreement during his first term.

Former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas told The Guardian that Netanyahu later used recent US aggressions abroad to convince Trump that military action against Iran could rapidly destabilize the Islamic Republic.

"Netanyahu, being the conman that he is, used Venezuela as an example," Pinkas said.

"He said to him: ‘Look what you did in Venezuela. It was painless. It was effortless. It was beautiful. You changed the regime.’"

Pinkas added that Netanyahu and senior Israeli officials portrayed Iran as internally weakened and vulnerable to collapse.

"He told Trump: ‘The Iranian economy is in shambles. The people are on the precipice of revolt. The Revolutionary Guards are losing control. Life in Iran is intolerable. This is our time,’" Pinkas said.

"‘What we could do together is bring down the regime … think that together, jointly, we can win the war in three, four days.’"

Escalation backfires politically

The report stated that US intelligence and military officials had warned of the risks of escalation, including Iranian retaliation against US allies in the Gulf and disruptions to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. However, advocates of military action reportedly argued that Iran lacked the capability to sustain a major response.

According to the analysis, those assumptions proved incorrect as Iran maintained internal stability while carrying out attacks on US-linked targets and contributing to disruptions in global energy markets.

Pinkas said signs of Trump’s dissatisfaction with Netanyahu began emerging weeks into the war.

"Some 30 days into the war, by the end of March there were signs that Trump was very disappointed with Netanyahu," he said.

The article also pointed to growing friction over ceasefire arrangements and regional escalation. It noted that Trump publicly criticized Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field and later pressured Tel Aviv to halt attacks on Lebanon after the truce came under strain.

"Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!" Trump wrote in a social media post cited in the report.

War's political fallout

The analysis suggested that despite recent reports of renewed US-Israeli military coordination, Trump may now be seeking to shift focus toward upcoming talks with China and broader economic concerns.

Former US ambassador to "Israel" Daniel Shapiro said Trump would likely want the war contained before his planned visit to Beijing.

"President Trump is going to want to have this war more or less behind him by the time he goes to Beijing," Shapiro said.

The article concluded that both Trump and Netanyahu remain politically tied to the consequences of the war, with Pinkas arguing that open confrontation between the two leaders could expose broader strategic failures.

"The problem Trump has is that if he lashes out at Netanyahu, if he expresses his disillusionment or desperation, he basically admits he was led into this war," Pinkas said.

"This affects Netanyahu politically and this affects Trump politically," he added. "In other words, they have sc***** each other pretty badly."

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