President Donald Trump listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025. (Saul Loeb/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
"Bibi, you can’t fight the world," Trump said he told Netanyahu, as he detailed their conversation in an interview with Time. "You can fight individual battles, but the world’s against you."
Although Netanyahu resisted, Trump’s patience had expired. Trump "launched into a profanity-laced monologue cataloging all he’d done for Israel as President: moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, brokering the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states, even joining Israel’s strikes on Iran in June," according to Time.
As a result, Trump indicated that he would no longer back Netanyahu if the prime minister didn’t agree to the peace deal, Time reported.
"It was a very blunt and straightforward statement to Bibi…that he has no tolerance for anything other than this," Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, told the outlet.
Netanyahu ultimately agreed to the deal, which includes a provision requiring Israeli forces to pull its troops, and a complete disarmament of Hamas.
The deal also required Hamas to return the hostages that were still in captivity within 72 hours of signing the agreement. Hamas has yet to turn over some of the remains of deceased Israeli hostages.
TRUMP WRITES MESSAGE TO ISRAELIS AFTER ALL LIVING HOSTAGES RELEASED BY HAMAS
President Donald Trump speaks after signing a Gaza ceasefire agreement Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. (Getty)
"At long last, we have peace in the Middle East, and it's a very simple expression, peace in the Middle East," Trump told reporters in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
"We've heard it for many years, but nobody thought it could ever get there," Trump said. "And now we're there."
Now, Trump has indicated that he is setting his sights on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, and signaled his administration will build off the momentum from the Middle East peace agreement to end the conflict in Europe.
Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Wednesday, to discuss the conflict.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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