[Video below.] President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu met today at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the two leaders discussed Gaza, Iran, and the broader regional situation.
Trump addressed Iran early in the discussion, warning that renewed activity by Tehran would draw an immediate response. “Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again. And if they are, we’re gonna have to knock them down. We’ll knock the hell out of them. But hopefully that’s not happening.”
Asked directly whether he would back Israeli military action should Iran refuse a deal and continue advancing its nuclear and missile programs, Trump replied “yes.” He elaborated, saying, “Missiles, yes, the nuclear, fast,” and added, “We’ll do it immediately.”
Turning to Gaza, Trump said he wanted to advance the next stage of the peace framework without delay, while emphasizing a key precondition. He said he hoped to move to Phase 2 “as quickly as possible,” but stressed that “there must be a disarming” of the Hamas terrorist organization.
Trump was also asked about the timing of the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire in relation to the fate of the final remaining hostage, Ran Gvili. Referring to him as a “wonderful young man,” Trump noted the presence of his “wonderful parents” at the meeting. “He’s the only one left, and we’re doing everything we can to get his body back,” Trump said.
The US president repeatedly praised Netanyahu’s leadership during the war, calling him “a war-time prime minister” who has “done a phenomenal job.” Trump said Netanyahu “has taken Israel through a very dangerous period of trauma,” adding that “Israel, with other people, might not exist right now.” He continued, “If you had the wrong prime minister, Israel right now would not exist,” and concluded, “We worked together and we were extremely victorious.”
Netanyahu, for his part, returned the praise, emphasizing the strength of the relationship between the two leaders. “We’ve never had a friend like President Trump in the White House. It’s not even close … I think Israel is very blessed to have President Trump leading the United States and leading the free world at this time. I think it’s not merely Israel’s great fortune. I think it’s the world’s great fortune.”
Netanyahu arrived earlier Monday at Mar-a-Lago for the high-level meeting, which comes amid ongoing efforts to shape the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire and rising concern over Iran’s regional ambitions.
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Fooling the sheeple with a nonsensical report with the “Bibi” he installed a few years ago. No way in the world are the guys pictured above Bibi Netanyahu.
Look at their heights. You have to be blind not to see how fake it all is.
Israel has always had the wrong prime minister. As Rav Avigdor Miller said, quoting from Shemuel II, salvation cannot come through anyone who is not shomer mitzvos.
Yes, sometimes secular Jews manage to provide deterrence or small-scale help, like neutralizing a terrorist during an attack or rescuing a hostage. But ultimately, these prime ministers, who cannot even be bothered to keep the 10 Commandments, are always the “wrong” prime ministers.
Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael continues to exist by virtue of Hashem’s Great Rachamim and Chessed.