Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in an interview Wednesday that he held a difficult conversation with US President Donald Trump days earlier, but downplayed the significance of the matter and insisted that he and the American leader agree on “the main things.”

The interview, which was conducted live by CNBC, came hours after Trump himself confirmed reports that he called Netanyahu “fucking crazy” during the Monday phone call, saying he was “perturbed” by the premier’s escalation in fighting in Lebanon.

“I’m not going to get into details of our conversations,” Netanyahu told CNBC.

“We’ve had thousands, well, a lot of them,” he said. “And if you think this is a crisis, you should be in some other conversations. But we’ve always found a way.”

He and Trump agree on “the main things,” Netanyahu insisted, including the necessity of preventing Iran from posing a threat to Israel, the region and the world.

“This has been a great relationship because he’s been the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House,” he said.

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