Donald Trump says he spoke with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ‘like two days in the past’

Trump was requested when final he spoke to the Israeli chief throughout a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday.

“Like two days in the past and he got here to my home in Florida, Mar-a-Lago together with his spouse who was beautiful,” he responded.

Trump met with Netanyahu at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in July. It was their first assembly for the reason that finish of Trump’s presidency.

U.S. President Joe Biden additionally spoke with Netanyahu final week amid tensions with Iran. Their Wednesday name was the primary identified dialog between the 2 leaders since August. It coincided with a pointy escalation of Israel’s battle with Iran and the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah.

Trump referred to as the shortage of dialog between Biden and Netanyahu in practically two months “pathetic.”

“I can let you know that Bibi has been very sturdy,” Trump mentioned. “He’s not listening to Biden.”

Relations between Biden and Netanyahu have been tense, strained over the Israeli chief’s dealing with of the struggle in Gaza and the battle with Hezbollah. Israel has mentioned it would pursue its army operations till Israelis are secure.