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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Trump says he told Netanyahu to ‘keep going’
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 18, 2025. (Brendan Smialowskyi/AFP)
Asked what he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their phone call yesterday, US President Donald Trump responds, “Keep going.”
Trump tells reporters outside the White House that Netanyahu “is a good man” who has been “doing a good job” but has “been very unfairly treated by his country.”
“He’s a wartime president. Going through this nonsense — ridiculous,” he adds.
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