Josh Dawsey

Like, you know, stop doing this.

Stop doing that.

That's a good question.

I don't think we know how this is all going to play out.

Right.

They're having all these technical discussions right now, his top advisers and the Iranians.

And, you know, if he proceeds on this track and Netanyahu and the Israelis really dislike the terms of a deal, do not think they keep them safe, you know, think the president is going into something dangerous.

that he shouldn't, what will they continue doing?

Will they do something unilaterally?

I think that's a question.

I mean, the president said to me on the phone about Netanyahu and basically said, I'm in charge here and he's not.

But does that dynamic stand if the two men are at divergent odds?

Yeah, that's what the Israelis say.

The Israelis say that, you know, their concerns are not, you know, the gas prices of the United States, right?

I mean, I'm not saying they want them to be high, but they're saying we've got these people right near us who can send missiles and dust, who can get a nuclear weapon, who want us dead.

And they care more about the particular terms, I think, in some ways than the president does.

But the root core of this, right, is that Netanyahu has been central to this war, which, you know, the president says has been a successful campaign and that it's gone after the Iranians.

But if you talk to a lot of people around him, if you talk to his top advisors, if you talk to his longtime allies, you know, the war has been an albatross on his approval numbers.

It's been sort of against what he campaigned on.

It's hurt him in a lot of ways back home.