Asked about settler violence in the West Bank during his press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump says: “We have had a big discussion for a long time on the West Bank, and I wouldn’t say we agree on the West Bank one hundred percent. But we’ll come to a conclusion on the West Bank.”
Pressed to explain what the disagreements are, Trump declines to do so, but insists that Netanyahu “will do the right thing.”
Trump says Netanyahu “respects” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and that “they’re not going to have a problem.”
In fact, Netanyahu and Erdogan have been trading public barbs for years, and the latter has been one of the Israeli premier’s fiercest critics among all world leaders.
“He’s done a fantastic job,” Trump says of Erdogan. “I’m with him all the way, I’m with Bibi all the way, nothing is going to happen.”
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