What could a new Trump presidency mean for Netanyahu?
Al Jazeera
The Israeli premier and allies view a second Trump presidency as allowing them ‘to fulfil their agenda’, analysts say.
In 2021, former United States President Donald Trump told Israeli journalist Barak Ravid that his relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu had suffered after the Israeli prime minister had congratulated Joe Biden on winning the 2020 American presidential election.
“F*** him,” Trump said in the interview.
“I liked Bibi,” Trump said at the time. “I still like Bibi … But I also like loyalty.”
“Trump saw this as a betrayal,” Eyal Lurie-Pardes of the Middle East Institute, told Al Jazeera. “Trump has been very supportive of Israel but critical of Netanyahu, attacking him for [October 7] happening under his watch and as being weaker than ever.
“Trump doesn’t like to pick a losing partner,” he added.
