Overview
- President Trump met privately with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Tuesday in a session the White House called “positive and productive.”
- Netanyahu reportedly presented Israeli intelligence about activity at Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified site near Natanz, and Trump publicly complained that Netanyahu had aired sensitive details.
- Trump told reporters the U.S. is monitoring Pickaxe Mountain with advanced surveillance and warned the site could be struck if diplomatic talks fail.
- Multiple reports said the U.S. has restrained Israeli plans to target Iranian energy infrastructure, a limit that investors and prediction markets interpreted as lowering the odds of a broad U.S.–Iran deal.
- The meeting included senior U.S. national security officials and came as both leaders face domestic political pressure, leaving unclear whether diplomacy will hold or military pressure will resume.