Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump arrive at an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2020.
Donald Trump thinks that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been “rightfully” criticized for failing to stop Hamas’s murder of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 and says there are “some very good people” who could take Netanyahu’s job., Trump was sharply critical of Netanyahu, a close ally during the former President's term.
“Oct. 7 should have never happened,” Trump said. “Everything was there to stop that. And a lot of people knew about it, you know, thousands and thousands of people knew about it, but Israel didn’t know about it, and I think he’s being blamed for that very strongly.”Trump once touted his close relationship with Netanyahu, who is Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister. When Trump was president, he followed through on many of Netanyahu’s priorities. Trump took the U.S.
But the relationship soured when Netanyahu congratulated Biden on winning the 2020 election and put out a video address marking Biden’s inauguration. Trump, who continues to falsely deny that Biden was the legitimate victor, was reportedly frustrated that Netanyahu didn’t show him more loyalty. In the interview at Mar-a-Lago, Trump complained about Israel dropping out of the U.S.-led 2020 strike in Iraq that killed the top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. “I had a bad experience with Bibi,” Trump tellsRead More:Asked if he thought it was time for Netanyahu to leave power and whether he could work better with Gantz, Trump. “I think Benny Gantz is good, but I’m not prepared to say that," Trump said."I haven’t spoken to him about it.
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