WASHINGTON — A senior Israeli official briefing reporters on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington rejects the notion of tensions between the premier and Trump, insisting that the pair are like a “married couple” who know each other so well that they “finish each other’s sentences.”
In fact, it was Trump who again raised the issue of Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial at his own initiative, with the US president expressing his disdain for the case during their meeting, the official says.
Trump in the past has berated President Isaac Herzog for not pardoning Netanyahu, but he has also refrained from endorsing the Israeli premier ahead of the upcoming election.
Some of Trump’s aides are reportedly concerned that another hard-right government headed by Netanyahu would prevent the administration from advancing regional integration, given the expansionist policies in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria.
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