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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Trump: ‘I told Netanyahu I didn’t want to bring up the pardon’ but was moved to do so by ‘good’ round of applause
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US President Donald Trump tells reporters that he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he spoke in the Knesset that he did not want to call for him to be pardoned while addressing the Knesset, amid the premier’s yearslong trial on corruption charges.
Asked by a reporter on Air Force One as he flew home whether he had told Netanyahu “beforehand that you were going to go off script,” Trump replied: “I told him I didn’t want to bring up the pardon, but it was just a perfect spot. It was good timing, wouldn’t you say?”
“He was getting a very good hand [round of applause], and when they stopped I said, ‘why don’t you give this guy a pardon?’ If he didn’t get a good hand, I wouldn’t have done that.”
הנה הדברים מול מצלמה: טראמפ מאשר שנתניהו ביקש ממנו להעלות את נושא החנינה בנאום. טראמפ בהתחלה לא רצה – אבל ראה שזה ״טיימינג נכון״.
קרדיט: דף הטלגרם של יוסף ישראל-חדשות מהעולם. pic.twitter.com/0CE0QHJspJ— Erez Lapidot (@Erez_Lapidot) October 14, 2025
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