U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as families of hostages held in Gaza push for any ceasefire agreement in Gaza to include the release of all remaining hostages.

"I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon," Trump told Miranda Devine on Pod Force One.

Netanyahu's decision to phase out American financial support arrives just as Trump pursues a diplomatic opening with Tehran that the Israeli prime minister has done everything to derail. In a remarkable pivot that underscores the fracturing of Washington's Middle East strategy,

Trump said that he was "perturbed" at Netanyahu's military escalation in Lebanon.

US President Donald Trump confirmed during an interview with “Pod Force One” host Miranda Devine that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “f–king crazy” during a phone conversation on Monday,

It is exasperating to hear US President Donald Trump talk one day about bombing Iran’s nuclear and energy sites to kingdom come and crushing the regime of the “evil” ayatollahs, and the next to hear him talk about “very nice and responsible” leaders in Iran that he would like to meet and to learn that Trump may shower these leaders with tens of billions of dollars in freed cash and sanctions relief.

Trump dismissed claims that he had been drawn into the conflict by Israel, arguing that the decision to strike Iran was made independently by the United States.