NewzPresident Donald Trump won’t say whether he thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be reelected when voters head to the polls later this month. The president, who sat down with Time magazine for a 75-minute interview published Thursday, sidestepped multiple questions about Netanyahu’s reelection bid. 27, in the first national elections since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
The absence of an endorsement is a setback for the Likud party politician, who has billed his tight ties to Trump as a selling point for keeping him in power. “I can only say that I’m not involved in politics anymore,” responded Trump, when asked if Israelis should give Netanyahu another term. president is in fact ramping up his campaigning for Republicans in the November midterms, and has made a public flex of his political influence abroad on a scale that few if any U.S.
He has endorsed candidates like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his unsuccessful bid for a fifth term, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, as well as several Latin American leaders. Trump’s tepid comments sharply contrast with his more fulsome displays of support for Netanyahu in the past. In a 2019 campaign, Netanyahu purchased massive billboards picturing him with Trump and the message “Netanyahu.
In Another League.” Trump, in turn, highlighted the campaign ad in his own social media feeds. Trump says Israeli leader is resilient In the Time interview, Trump, however, didn’t miss an opportunity to highlight his own record on Israel as the reporters made several attempts to get him to talk about Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, and his reelection battle. Trump did note that Netanyahu has shown resilience over the course of his political career.
The Israeli leader is in the midst of a yearslong corruption trial, faced massive protests in 2023 after introducing a plan to restructure Israel’s judiciary and his image has been tarnished by his government’s intelligence and security lapses ahead of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel. Last November, Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to pardon Netanyahu on the corruption charges and praised the prime minister as “a formidable and decisive War Time Prime Minister.” “Wel…
presidents have exerted.He has endorsed candidates like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his unsuccessful bid for a fifth term, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, as well as several Latin American leaders.Trump's tepid comments sharply contrast with his more fulsome displays of support for Netanyahu in the past. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel.Last November, Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to pardon Netanyahu on the corruption charges and praised the prime minister as “a formidable and decisive War Time Prime Minister.”“Well, people ha…
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