--- title: White House Twitter: Is this Image Trolling Benjamin Netanyahu? description: The White House tweet seems to poke fun at an image Netanyahu used in 2012 canonical: https://time.com/3815043/white-house-troll-netanyahu/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-09T12:23:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:15:57.546Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House Twitter: Is this Image Trolling Benjamin Netanyahu? og:description: The White House tweet seems to poke fun at an image Netanyahu used in 2012 og:url: https://time.com/3815043/white-house-troll-netanyahu/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d2df30a127a300/6987ea43a988ca87e46b0186/netanyahu-iran-united-nations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: World Leaders Attend UN General Assembly og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Twitter: Is this Image Trolling Benjamin Netanyahu? twitter:description: The White House tweet seems to poke fun at an image Netanyahu used in 2012 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d2df30a127a300/6987ea43a988ca87e46b0186/netanyahu-iran-united-nations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Did The White House Troll the Israeli Prime Minister? > Sponsored content. 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Mario Tama—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 9, 2015 12:23 PM UTC The White House on Wednesday used its official Twitter account to try to sell the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran — and apparently to take a jab at the Israeli Prime Minister. A tweet pushed out late Wednesday featured a cartoon that looks nearly identical to an infamous image Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used during a presentation at the United Nations in 2012\. In 2012, Netanyahu used the image to show how close Iran was to developing a nuclear weapon. He drew a red line near the bomb’s fuse to depict his desire to stop Iran’s bomb building. > [](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/585879181520728064) The White House’s image also has a red line near the top, but theirs shows how close Iran would be without a diplomatic resolution. With it, they say using a blue line pointing toward the bottom, Iran would be unable to produce or stockpile uranium, its existing stockpile would be reduced by 98%, and its centrifuges would be cut by two-thirds. President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu have been at odds over the deal with Iran, broad frameworks of which world leaders have agreed to. 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