this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
90 points (98.9% liked)

United States | News & Politics

8032 readers
67 users here now

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

"Israel's" Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, a close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly spoke “with his usual arrogance” to senior Republican officials, detailing what US President Donald Trump “must do", according to Yanir Cozin, a diplomatic correspondent for Israeli Army Radio, who cited a senior Israeli official.

However, Dermer’s approach appears to have backfired. Trump’s inner circle reportedly told him that “Netanyahu is manipulating the American president,” a characterization that did not sit well with Trump.

The cited official noted that “Trump hates nothing more than appearing to be manipulated.”

all 14 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The guy is manipulated by everyone he has contact with.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not hard, the guy has the intellect, temperament and reasoning skill of a toddler. And dealing with someone like that with that level of power, and psychopathy, it wouldn't surprise me if it feels safer to manipulate him than to work honestly with him. The only difference is world leaders are less exposed to danger by pissing off trump.

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago

Silly zionist idiots, all you had to do is promise him a Trump branded casino-hotel-resort-steakhouse and you could have gotten whatever you wanted out of him.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hah, stupid dummies made the simplest mistake in the book. With a baby like Trump, you can't make demands. If you try to make demands, he'll feel like he's not a big powerful man, and he'll try and reassert his control over the situation immediately. All the smart world leaders know that the way you manipulate Trump is by gassing him up and convincing him that he came up with your idea, so it must be the most bigly and incredible idea of all time.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 21 points 2 weeks ago

This guy manipulates morons.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I had a boss like this. Every so often when we had something that needed to be done I'd remind him of his previous idea (which didn't exist) that we all thought was so good and he's the bestest and smartest manager ever.

It was so easy to get whatever I wanted done.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 weeks ago

The cited official noted that “Trump hates nothing more than appearing to be manipulated.”

This perception, according to the correspondent's post on X, prompted Trump to cut off contact with Netanyahu, a situation that could potentially shift in the future but remains in effect for now.

It'll be hilarious if Trump actually forces the ceasefire that Biden wouldn't. Leave it to a little man with a narcissistic personality to notice that Netanyahu's been taking advantage of us. Fuck zionists.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A breakdown of US-Israel relations may actually be a net positive for the world.

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Never happening.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago

Pssh. Amateurs.

The trick to manipulating an idiot like Trump, is to make him think he's manipulating you.

It is so weird that orangeboi’s categorically idiotic approach to negotiation and incredibly egotistic fragility are actually yielding some stopped-clock moments.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 2 weeks ago

Something something broken clocks.

I really hope this is credible (not in mediate misuse of the word), because while there's plenty of grim developments ongoing, this bit is good.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Vladimir would like to have a word.