He doesn’t really think the administration he works for is “friends” with Israel, right?

(November 10, 2014) – Vice President Joe Biden sought to smooth over U.S.-Israeli relations Monday in an address to the the Jewish Federations of North America.

Nearly two weeks after a senior Obama administration official called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a chickenshit” in an interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, Biden attempted to play down the scuffles that have characterized the leaders’ relationship in recent months. He described the two countries’ rapport clearly in his signature, colloquial style.

“Like all close friends, we talk honestly to one another,” Biden said. “We disagree with one another. We love one another, and we drive one another crazy. That is what friends do.”