US President Donald Trump “is the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after giving the former senator an awkward one-armed hug at the outset of their joint statements to the press.
The two men, says Netanyahu, had a “very productive discussion, with our staff, on a number of issues.”
“None of them are more important than Iran,” Netanyahu declares. “Israel and America stand shoulder to shoulder in countering the threat of Iran. We agree that the ayatollahs must not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. We also agreed that Iran’s aggression in the region has to be rolled back.”
With Trump’s support, says Netanyahu, “we can and will finish the job.”
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