Trump hosts Netanyahu for dinner, says they’ve had ‘tremendous success together’

By Jacob Magid

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8 July 2025, 2:34 am

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US President Donald Trump, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

WASHINGTON — In remarks to reporters while sitting across from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dinner at the White House, US President Donald Trump says he and the Israeli premier have “had a tremendous success together, and I think it will only go on to be even greater success in the future.”

Trump and Netanyahu are joined for dinner by their top aides, and the US president gives a personal shout-out to Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.

“We’ve worked together for a long time. We’ve done well together,” Trump tells Dermer, Netanyahu’s closest adviser.