The White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells Channel 12 that Tom Friedman’s recent New York Times column on US President Joe Biden’s attitude to the judicial overhaul “accurately reflected where the president’s head is” and “the messages that the president has delivered to Israeli leaders as well as publicly. ”
Asked what will happen if the coalition pushes through the overhaul, Kirby says he won’t get into hypotheticals.
“You don’t give ultimatums to your friends, and Israel is a very, very good, dear and deep friend of the United States,” he says in answer to a question.
Asked for specifics regarding the two leaders’ discussion about a face-to-face meeting, Kirby says: “They talked about the potential for getting together at some point in the future somewhere in the United States.”
He is asked whether this is to be at the White House.
“We still have to work through some of those details,” he says.
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