A report by Politico casts doubt over the possibility that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will succeed in securing himself a meeting with Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump during his visit to the United States.
The Kan public broadcaster reported on Thursday that Netanyahu’s team is seeking a sit-down with Trump.
Now, Politico reports — citing two unnamed people familiar with the details — that while the former president has not rejected the idea outright, he has yet to agree.
One of the sources is quoted as saying that if such a meeting is held, it likely would not happen before Trump holds a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday evening, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
Assuming the meeting would not be held late Wednesday after the rally, that would leave Thursday — when Netanyahu is currently slated to return to Israel — or Friday. If Netanyahu were to remain in the US until Friday, he and his entourage will to stay until Saturday night to observe the Jewish rest day of Shabbat.
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