Retired French general: “Netanyahu believes he has Trump in the palm of his hand”

Retired French General Michel Yakovleff has stated that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears convinced he has Donald Trump under his influence.

He argued that Trump listens to Netanyahu more than to his own military advisers, who initially dismissed the idea of regime change as unrealistic, Caliber.Az reports, citing French media.

Retired French General Michel Yakovleff:

Netanyahu, he is convinced that he has Trump in the palm of his hand.

Trump listens to Netanyahu and doesn't listen to his own generals who said at the beginning... regarding the theory of regime change, the guys said it's bullshit.… pic.twitter.com/zdPVbII6pz

— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 12, 2026

According to Yakovleff, those generals rejected the theory outright, but Trump nevertheless accepted it.

“Well, he believed it. So, there you go,” he concluded.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov