Trump admits he called Bibi crazy in phone call

Donald Trump acknowledged criticising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as ‘‘crazy’’ in a phone call that involved expletives, saying he was ‘‘a little bit perturbed’’ that Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.

- Associated Press

But even as the US president conceded the tensions in an interview released Wednesday, he insisted that his relationship with Netanyahu was solid and that they connected, in part, because they are both ‘‘wartime’’ leaders. ‘‘We’ve worked very well together. I like Bibi a lot. And I work very well with him,’’ Trump told The New York Post’s ‘‘Pod Force One.’’