Trump launched profane tirade about Netanyahu in interview ? report

Donald Trump spat an expletive about his old ally, Israel's ex-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for congratulating Joe Biden on his victory in last year's election, according to a new book.

Trump lashed out in an interview for a book on US-Israel relations during his presidency, the author Barak Ravid wrote on the Axios website on Friday. Trump's remarks were also published by the English-language website of Israel's Yediot Aharonot newspaper.

"Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu were the closest of political allies during the four years they overlapped in office, at least in public. Not any more," Ravid wrote.

"I haven't spoken to him since," Trump told Ravid in an interview. "Fuck him."

Ravid said that he interviewed Trump in April and July for his forthcoming book, Trump's Peace: The Abraham Accords and the Reshaping of the Middle East.

He said Trump, who appeared close to Netanyahu while president from 2017 to 2021, was repeatedly critical of him in the interviews.

"The final straw for Trump was when Netanyahu congratulated President-elect Biden for his election victory while Trump was still disputing the result," Ravid wrote.