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Trump's Iran Deal Blindsides Netanyahu, Reshaping Middle East Power Calculus

6/26/2026

President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening that he expected to sign a deal with Iran within days, a development that blindsided the Israeli leader and redraws the strategic architecture across the Middle East.

Netanyahu, who had planned to launch massive strikes on Iranian energy and infrastructure facilities before Trump intervened, now finds himself sidelined from negotiations he once expected to control.

A Call Netanyahu Didn't Want Trump told Netanyahu directly that the agreement was done: "This is the deal. It's a great deal, and it's time to end this war," according to a senior U.S.

The call came roughly an hour after Trump posted publicly that a deal had been reached — a post that caught Netanyahu by surprise, according to a source with direct knowledge.

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