US PRESIDENT Donald Trump today confirmed that he blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call.

The far-right president said he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting of Hezbollah in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.

But even as President Trump acknowledged the tensions, he insisted that his relationship with Mr Netanyahu was solid and they connected, in part, because they’re both “wartime” leaders.

“We’ve worked very well together. I like Bibi a lot. And I work very well with him,” Mr Trump told The New York Post’s Pod Force One podcast.

The president’s acknowledgement of Monday’s tense call with Netanyahu that involved expletives is a sign of the growing pressure he faces to resolve the Iran war, as higher energy prices and economic uncertainty are harming Republicans going into mid-term elections and hampering global commerce.

Hostilities continue to flare between the US and Iran.

The US military said Iranian missile attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and other regional targets were either thwarted or failed.

Two Iranian missiles ​shot at Kuwait fell short or broke apart in flight, several ballistic missiles aimed at regional targets failed, and three missiles heading ‌for Bahrain were intercepted, claimed US Central Command.

Since the conflict began in late February, Iran has repeatedly attacked targets in Bahrain and Kuwait, where US military bases are located.

Central Command said US forces also downed Iranian drones targeting civilian shipping in regional waters and carried out strikes on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz in response to the attempted attacks by Iran.

According to Iranian media, the country’s Revolutionary Guards Corps attacked the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, as well as an air base and helicopters ‌in an unspecified regional country using missiles and drones in response to the US attacks.

This was ​the latest of several such flare-ups. More than three months after the US and Israel launched their illegal and unprovoked attack against Iran, the conflict is stuck in a ​stalemate with a shaky ceasefire in place.

President Trump remained non-committal about a timeline for settling the conflict, saying the Strait of Hormuz might stay blocked through the US Labour Day holiday on September 7. 

He said he was unsure when a deal would be reached but “I think this will resolve itself fairly quickly.”