President Trump’s public outburst Tuesday against Israel and Iran to stop shooting and adopt a ceasefire signaled he isn’t afraid to confront Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when it comes to protecting his efforts to present himself as a peace and dealmaker.

Trump’s profane-laced frustration that the U.S. ally Israel along with Iran should give up the fighting also sent a signal to MAGA World that the president was not beholden to Netanyahu’s war aims.

After backing off earlier threats that the U.S. could support regime change in Iran, Trump even raised the possibility of trade with Tehran and seeing the country’s oil on the markets.

“What is going on today is that the president's putting pressure on Israel, he wants to maintain the ceasefire, he knows that any further fighting would not only call into question his diplomacy, but would risk involving America in a deeper, longer-term military involvement in the region,” said Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S.

The big swing from an unprecedented display of American military might that baited an unpredictable regime to de-escalation and talk of peace and cooperation won favor among some of the conservative media’s biggest personalities.

“President Trump with a historic masterclass,” the conservative activist Charlie Kirk wrote on Truth Social, lauding Trump for avoiding an escalating war with Iran.

Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump who remains an influential voice in the MAGA movement, gave support to Trump’s frustration with Netanyahu.

“You lied to him, that’s why he’s furious. That’s as mad as I’ve ever seen the president of the United States and........

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