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By Kyle Anzalone

Reports state that U.S. peace talks were a ruse and that Trump gave Netanyahu a ‘green light’ to hit Iran’s nuclear and military sites, killing top commanders.

A senior Israeli official told the Jerusalem Post that Tel Aviv and Washington worked together to convince Tehran that diplomacy was still possible after Israel was ready to attack Iran. Just hours before Israel’s massive assault began, President Donald Trump maintained he was still committed to talks.

The Israeli outlet reports, “The round of U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations scheduled for Sunday was part of a coordinated U.S.-Israeli deception aimed at lowering Iran’s guard ahead of Friday’s attack.”

READ: Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites, kills top commanders in massive air assault

In a post on Truth Social shortly before the Israeli strikes began, Trump declared that “We remain committed to a Diplomatic Resolution to the Iran Nuclear Issue! My entire Administration has been directed to negotiate with Iran. They could be a Great Country, but they first must completely give up hopes of obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

After the Israeli attack was in progress, Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied that the U.S. was involved. However, American officials have said the White House was aware Israel was set to begin striking Iran, with Trump telling Fox News he was briefed on the operation.

Barak Ravid of Axios, moreover, later reported that Tel Aviv was given “a clear U.S. green light” to start bombing, citing two unnamed Israeli officials.

Sources speaking with Axios said the perceived split between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was coordinated behind the scenes. “Two Israeli officials claimed to Axios that Trump and his aides were only pretending to oppose an Israeli attack in public – and didn’t express opposition in private,” the report explained. “The goal, they say, was to convince Iran that no attack was imminent and make sure Iranians on Israel’s target list wouldn’t move to new locations.”

The sources said that Trump and Netanyahu discussed the attack during a phone call on Monday. After the call, reports said Trump pressed Netanyahu not to attack Iran, but that was another effort to deceive Iran.

In a second post following the attack, Trump said he gave Iran the opportunity to make a deal, and suggested that Israel used American weapons in the massive air raid. “I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,’ but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done,” the president wrote.

The post continued, “I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come – And they know how to use it.”

The U.S. and Iran began negotiations on establishing a new nuclear agreement in April, with the two sides engaging in five rounds of Omani-mediated talks. At times, a deal appeared possible, with Iranian officials saying the dialogue was leading to progress. A sixth round of talks was scheduled for Sunday, but now appears unlikely.

A second source speaking with the Jerusalem Post said the goal of Israel’s military operations was not the complete destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities, but rather to hit missile sites and top Iranian leaders to bring down the government.

Israel has conducted several rounds of strikes so far, hitting nuclear facilities, residential buildings in Tehran, and military sites. Iran has confirmed that several military leaders and nuclear scientists were killed in the bombing.

Reprinted with permission from Antiwar.com.

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Quick Hit:

While hosting Germany’s chancellor Thursday, President Trump likened the war between Russia and Ukraine to two angry kids fighting in a park, suggesting both sides might need to “keep fighting and suffering” before peace is possible.

Key Details:

• Trump told reporters he recently used a playground fight analogy to describe the Russia-Ukraine war, saying, “Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart.”

• He said Putin told him that Ukraine’s latest sabotage operations—including drone strikes deep in Russia and another bombing of the Kerch Strait bridge—would prompt more Russian attacks.

• Trump said he warned Putin not to escalate further: “Don’t do it. You shouldn’t do it. You should stop it,” but admitted, “There’s a lot of hatred.”

.@POTUS on Russia-Ukraine: "When I see the moment when we're not going to make a deal, when this thing won't stop… we'll be very, very tough. And it could be on both countries to be honest. It takes two to tango." pic.twitter.com/nMoccg2aDh

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 5, 2025

Diving Deeper:

During a meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Trump drew a provocative comparison between the war in Ukraine and a playground scuffle, suggesting the conflict may need more time before a resolution is possible. Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are locked in a bitter struggle that, in his view, mirrors “two young children fighting like crazy” who “don’t want to be pulled apart.”

The president told reporters he had used that same analogy in a private conversation with Putin just a day earlier. “Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart,” Trump said, adding that he told the Russian leader, “Maybe you have to keep fighting and suffering a lot—because both sides are suffering—before you pull them apart.”

According to Trump, Putin responded by indicating that more Russian strikes were imminent in response to recent Ukrainian covert actions. Trump said Putin justified his plans by referencing Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian bombers and another strike on the strategic bridge linking Crimea to mainland Russia. “He actually told me and made it very clear,” Trump recalled, quoting Putin as saying: “We have no choice but to attack based on that, and it’s probably not going to be pretty.”

Trump, for his part, said he urged Putin to stand down. “I don’t like it. I said, ‘Don’t do it. You shouldn’t do it. You should stop it.’ But again, there’s a lot of hatred,” he said.

While still framing himself as the one figure capable of brokering peace, he’s shown increasing frustration with both sides. In February, Trump reportedly described Zelensky as a “dictator without elections,” underscoring skepticism about continued U.S. support. But he’s also criticized Putin directly, accusing him last month of going “absolutely CRAZY” for bombing Ukrainian civilian areas.