Trump warns Netanyahu: Be careful or you will be on your own

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he had warned embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against further escalating tensions with Iran.

“I said, ‘Bibi, you better be careful, or you will be on your own very soon,’” Trump was quoted as telling an Israeli media outlet.

Trump, who has grown increasingly exasperated with Netanyahu, had earlier urged both Iran and Israel to stop “shooting” and said that “final negotiations” towards peace would proceed “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.”

The Israeli premier, though, said in a televised statement he had told Trump that “Israel has a full right to self-defense, and we are exercising it as required.”

Last week, Trump was asked whether he had called the longtime Israeli leader “effing crazy” and accused him of ingratitude. “I did,” Trump told the “Pod Force One” podcast. “I wouldn’t say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know.”