🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 “Bibi, man, what the f**k are you doing? You think I’m Santa Claus? No Santa in Israel, pal.” 🤣 That's supposedly a real quote by Joe Biden, speaking to Netanyahu in April 2024... He told him he could cut off military aid with the snap of a finger, hours before Iran launched (at that point) the largest ballistic missile attack in history at Israel. Netanyahu retorted that Israel would defend itself WITHOUT America. Biden hung up. Then the U.S. military spent the next several hours shooting down over 100 Iranian ballistic missiles alongside Israeli defenses, Arab states, and European allies, in what became the largest aerial combat engagement since the Korean War. When it was over and Israel confirmed no significant impacts, Biden called Netanyahu back. "I just saved his ass," Biden told his team before getting on the call. His actual opening line to Netanyahu: "Looks like you've come out okay, Bibi." Netanyahu's response: "Joe, it's historic. Unbelievable." Biden: "Take the win." The article, written by Brett McGurk who was in the Situation Room that night, describes Biden bowing his head in prayer as 100+ missiles flew toward Israel and nobody knew if the defenses would hold. One pilot described flying through the debris of intercepted missiles: "You think skinny, you pray, and you continue on the heading you're on." Whatever you think of Biden, this is a remarkable account of the night the Middle East ALMOST went to full scale war, but didn't. That is until Trump got back into office, and decided to give Netanyahu what he couldn't get from Biden... 🎅🏻 Source: The Atlantic / Writer: Michael