Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iranian supreme leader is involved in US negotiations

President says he would ‘like to meet’ Mojtaba Khamenei, who US officials have previously said was injured in attacks, and says Iran has said it will not have a nuclear weapon

Trump seemed to have confirmed reports that he had a heated phone call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he apparently swore at him and said he was “fucking crazy”.

When asked by the New York Post whether he spoke to Netanyahu in those terms, Trump said: “I did, I wouldn’t say angry, I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon.