Donald Trump posted a lengthy, impassioned "defense" of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, many read it as yet another firehose of Trumpian hyperbole.
But look closer. Underneath the praise, Trump wasn't propping Bibi up. He was signaling his end.
As I have been saying... This is a two way regime change.
Let’s break it down.
"The Greatest Warrior in Israeli History" — Really?
Trump claims Netanyahu was:
"a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel."
Greater than King David, who took down Goliath? Greater than Moses, who defied Pharaoh and split the sea? Greater than the Maccabees, who reclaimed the Temple?Trump knows his audience. This wasn't reverence—it was satire. A mocking inflation of legacy right before collapse.
The Bugs Bunny Moment
Then Trump slips in this:
"...concerning cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll, and numerous other unfair charges..."
A Bugs Bunny doll?
That’s not a defense. That’s a punchline. In Israeli protest culture, Netanyahu has long been portrayed as a smug trickster—Bugs Bunny in a suit—outwitting the law, manipulating the media, always escaping accountability.
Trump didn’t protect that image.
He memed it.The Real Charges Behind the Cartoon
Netanyahu’s reality is far more serious:
On trial for corruption, fraud, and breach of trustFacing ICC war crimes allegations for targeting civilians, starving populations in Gaza, and blocking humanitarian aidStar of a banned documentary (The Bibi Files) featuring leaked interrogation footageResponsible for a failed political gamble via Iran strikes that violated international law and failed to unify his coalitionEven Israel’s Knesset nearly dissolved under his leadership — the vote failed by just eight seats. That temporary shield expires in six months.And Trump knows Bibi won’t survive the next round.
“I Saved Bibi Netanyahu”Trump ends with this line:
"It was the United States of America that saved Bibi Netanyahu…"
This gives a new tone to "Saving Israel for last"Translation: I made you. I saved you. Now I’m letting you go.
This is a classic Trump play:
Inflate someone’s legacyAlign yourself with their greatest momentsThen, in exaggerated tribute, bury themHe did it with Fauci. With DeSantis. With Pence. Now, with Netanyahu.
The Satirical Eulogy
Trump’s post reads like a eulogy masked as a MAGA salute.
It’s Shakespearean slapstick:
A “warrior” on trial over cigars and a cartoon rabbit
A once-dominant figure brought down by corruption and hubris
A leader who, in trying to preserve power, exposed just how hollow that power had becomeTrump didn’t just praise Netanyahu. He performed the final act of Bibi’s political obituary."
