Trump Rejected Netanyahu's Plan to Get Iranians to Take to the Streets and Protest Government

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 25th, 2026, 4:41 pm


President Donald Trump reportedly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to urge Iranians to protest in the streets.

According to a report from Axios, Trump and Netanyahu recently spoke when the prime minister proposed an idea to call on Iranian citizens to stage an uprising. The president, however, deemed the plan too risky and told Netanyahu their lives would be in grave danger.

The report continued:

“Why the hell should we tell people to take to the streets when they’ll just get mowed down,” Trump said to Netanyahu during their call, according to a U.S. official briefed on the conversation.

Why it matters: The U.S. and Israel agree on most of the military objectives of the war, but the outlooks differ on the question of regime change in Iran and the amount of chaos and bloodshed that’s acceptable to try to bring it about.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-rejected-netanyahus-plan-to-get-iranians-to-take-to-the-streets-and-protest-government-president-warned-theyll-get-mowed-down-axios/

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Full headline: Trump Rejected Netanyahu’s Plan to Get Iranians to Take to the Streets and Protest Government — President Warned ‘They’ll Get Mowed Down’: Axios

[Deminpenn]

1. Hard to believe Trump could be that insightful

or care that much about what happens to Iranians.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. He only operates based on whoever he talked to last

So that was probably something told to him by the Joint Chiefs guy.

[hlthe2b]

5. Exactly. Nor does he care except from the standpoint of perception in this country..

[RockRaven]

3. I suspect it is his distaste for backing losers.

If he encourages them to rise up and they get slaughtered -- and everything points to that as the outcome -- he probably sees that as losing which reflects back on him.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu would be perfectly happy with any more dead Iranians by any means.

[Polybius]

4. Wow, Bibi is worse than Trump even

Note sure if I'm surprised or not though.

[rzemanfl]

6. I find this reporting on TSF's concerns to be fake news

until proven otherwise.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Because it wasn't his idea? FDT