Trump refers to Netanyahu’s ‘love-hate relationship’ with Israeli public, claims there’s ‘a lot of jealousy about him’

An Israeli reporter tries to press US President Donald Trump on the latter’s claim that President Isaac Herzog recently told him that a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “on its way” after Herzog’s office denied having even spoken to Trump on the matter.

But the reporter stumbles in asking the question in English, leading Trump to repeat his belief that Netanyahu is “going to be in good shape.”

Many “people in the world” appreciate Israel’s military victories over the past two years.

The people of Israel “know it,” Trump insists. “That’s why they like me, and they actually like him,” he says of Netanyahu. “He’s got more of a little of a love-hate relationship than I do over there.”

“Even the haters have a lot of respect for him,” says Trump. “There’s a lot of jealousy about him.”