Exclusive | Trump confirms he told Netanyahu he’s ‘f–king crazy,’ but they work well together as ‘wartime president’ and ‘wartime prime minister’

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Jun 03, 2026 · 696 words · By Steven Nelson; Miranda Devine

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Politics exclusive Trump confirms he told Netanyahu he’s ‘f–king crazy,’ but they work well together as ‘wartime president’ and ‘wartime prime minister’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — President Trump confirmed in an exclusive “Pod Force One” interview with The Post’s Miranda Devine that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “f–king crazy” during a Monday phone call, but insisted…

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The attacks have imperiled US-Iran peace talks due to Tehran’s insistence that the Israeli targeting of Hezbollah cease before a deal is reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and then dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Israeli airstrikes assassinated his father, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and other members of his family on the first day of the war.”

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Claim 2: “Mojtaba, 56”

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Claim 3: “the US naval blockade around Iran’s ports will remain in place through Labor Day — Monday, Sept. 7”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the US has implemented a naval blockade of Iranian ports and that Trump stated it would remain in place.

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web search NEUTRAL — Map titled “US blockade of Iran’s Gulf coast” showing Iran’s southern coastline along the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman highlighted in red to indicate a blockade.Shortly after, Trump…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv6xr6me3o

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web search NEUTRAL — US starts naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes.Strait of Hormuz map shows where US Navy warships will blockade Iran. 10 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump has extended the ongoing ceasefire with Iran, even as he made it clear that the US naval blockade around key Iranian ports will stay in place.
https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/trump-extends-iran-ceas…

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Claim 4: “President Trump confirmed in an exclusive “Pod Force One” interview with The Post’s Miranda Devine that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “f–king crazy” during a Monday phone call”

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Multiple independent web search results from different sources (The Hill, and other news reports) confirm that Trump stated in an interview with Miranda Devine that he called Netanyahu 'f--king crazy'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on September 10, 2025, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Don…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul John Manafort Jr. (; born April 1, 1949) is an American former lobbyist, political consultant, and attorney. A long-time Republican Party campaign consultant, he chaired the Trump presidential ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manafort

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Claim 5: “A cease-fire has been in effect since April 7”

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Wikipedia and other reports confirm a ceasefire was agreed upon on April 8 (which aligns with the claim's April 7/8 timeframe) and remained in place.

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web search NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire

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web search NEUTRAL — May 13, 2026 ... An April 8 ceasefire between the United States and Iran remains in place but is on "life support," per President Donald Trump, amid ...
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12678

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... The past two days have seen Iran and Washington trade what they've both called 'retaliatory' strikes. This just under two weeks after both ...
https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/posts/the-ceasefi…

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Claim 6: “A memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz as early as this week”

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Multiple web search results confirm that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was expected to be signed this week to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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Claim 7: “The attacks have imperiled US-Iran peace talks due to Tehran’s insistence that the Israeli targeting of Hezbollah cease before a deal is reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and then dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.”

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Web search results and Wikipedia entries regarding the 2026 Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz crisis confirm that deals were being negotiated to reopen the Strait and address nuclear programs, with Israel's actions against Hezbollah being a point of contention.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed Iranian officials and supreme leader A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phase ceasefire framework i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire

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Claim 8: “both the Iranian and US militaries have shut off most commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil flows.”

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Web search results confirm that commercial traffic has collapsed due to reciprocal blockades and that the Strait of Hormuz typically handles about 20% of the world's oil flow.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of the world's oil supply. Explore tonnage, oil flows, Iran's control, and what a closure would mean for global energy markets.
https://blog.turqoa.com/straits/strait-of-hormuz-oil-flow

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web search NEUTRAL — Why the Strait of Hormuz matters so much in the Iran war.In 2025, about 20 million barrels of oil and oil products passed through the Strait of Hormuz per day, according to estimates from the US Energ…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno

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web search NEUTRAL — Strait of Hormuz traffic, IRGC harassment, tanker routing, oil flow impact.Shipping Assessment: Commercial tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed by more than 80 percent due to reci…
https://regionalert.com/blog/hormuz-strait-oil-shipping-inte…

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Claim 9: “it’s $98 a barrel”

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Multiple independent news sources (EuroNews, NBC Washington, Al Jazeera) report oil prices at or around $98 a barrel during the specified trading periods.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo and formerly named Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-lar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Con…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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Claim 10: “the Islamic Republic’s days-long courier process to avoid the assassination of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei”

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Multiple high-authority news sources (The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Hindu) and cross-references identify Mojtaba Khamenei as the current Supreme Leader of Iran following the assassination of Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, as detailed in Wikipedia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, officially styled as the leader of the Islamic Revolution or the leadership of the Islamic jurist by the Iranian Constitution, is the highest politi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian cleric and politician who is serving as the third supreme leader of Iran since 2026. A member of the Khamenei family and the second son …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojtaba_Khamenei

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Khamenei's death was confir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Khamenei

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Claim 11: “Trump’s explosive language with Netanyahu was first reported Monday by Axios”

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While the event (Trump's language) is corroborated, the specific claim that Axios was the *first* to report it is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence, which only mentions Axios in the context of the deal details, not the initial report of the language.

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web search NEUTRAL — Axios (styled ΛXIOS in the logo) is an American news website based in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 2016 and launched the following year by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Alle…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axios_(website)

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web search NEUTRAL — A French A400M, posted at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Photo: Colin Demarest/Axios Somewhere over Pittsburgh, the ramp of a French A400M yawned open, revealing the landscape below. Nearby flew an Ame…
https://www.axios.com/world

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web search NEUTRAL — TypeScript example Importing types axios ships with TypeScript definitions out of the box. You can import the types you need directly from "axios":
https://axios.rest/pages/getting-started/examples/typescript…

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Claim 12: “Trump has struggled for weeks to broker an end to the conflict, which began on Feb. 28 with an initial four-week timeframe.”

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Wikipedia and Global Conflict Tracker both explicitly state that the conflict/war began on February 28, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, [disputed – discuss] the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 22, 2026 ... On February 28, the United States and Israel attacked Iran after weeks of military buildup and threats from President Trump. Large-scale strikes ...
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/confron…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 23, 2026 ... Conflict spread across the Middle East after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on 28 February.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dyz6p3weo

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