From a New York Times story by Peter Baker and Lisa Lerer headlined “U.S. Confronts Tight But Turbulent Relationship With Israel”:
Long before moving into the White House, President Biden compared the relationship between the United States and Israel to that of close friends. “We love one another,” he said, “and we drive one another crazy.”
The United States and Israel are currently in one of those driving-each-other-crazy phases of their usually tight but often turbulent 75-year partnership.