PANews reported on June 9th, citing Sina Finance, that Axios reported Trump spent the past 24 hours trying to avoid a full-scale war. He faced a dilemma: on the one hand, he understood that Netanyahu was unlikely to ignore Iran's missile attack; on the other hand, he worried that this cycle of retaliation could escalate into a full-scale war. Netanyahu's logic was that not retaliating against Iran would send a signal that Iran had the upper hand and could deter the US and Israel from military action. At the end of the call where Trump urged Netanyahu not to retaliate, the latter had not made a clear decision. Some US officials involved in the call believed that Trump had successfully bought more time. However, Netanyahu believed that while Trump opposed retaliatory strikes, "this was not a clear 'don't do it' statement." US and Israeli sources indicated that the events of the past 24 hours further demonstrated the growing divergence between the strategic interests of the US and Israel, and the political interests of Trump and Netanyahu. One US official stated, "Netanyahu needs the war to continue to maintain his political life in Israel; while Trump needs the war to end to maintain his political life in the US."