Trump says Netanyahu could use 'softer touch' in Lebanon

Middle East Eye · June 17, 2026 Politics

Trump says Netanyahu could use 'softer touch' in Lebanon US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in Lebanon, in comments made at the close of a G7 Summit in France. "Netanyahu happens to be a good man, gets a little excited sometimes," Trump told reporters on Wednesday. "We have a little dispute over Lebanon.