Washington .- U.S. President Donald Trump described this Tuesday as “very good” the meeting he held with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives of the U.S. Congress, although he did not specify what issues they addressed.
“Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel, along with myself and representatives, had a very good meeting. Obviously, many important issues were discussed,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social network, accompanied by several photographs of the meeting.
During his visit, Netanyahu attended, just like the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, the funeral of Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham.
Graham was also one of the senators who pushed the president the hardest to launch a large-scale military offensive against Iran and was skeptical of the White House’s efforts to reach an agreement with Tehran, for fear that it would strengthen the Islamic Republic.
During the event, Netanyahu was captured by local media holding conversations with various U.S. officials, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Netanyahu and the alliance with Trump
Benjamin Netanyahu defended this Tuesday the strength of the relationship between Israel and the United States and assured that the alliance between both countries remains firm, despite those who try to find divisions between their governments.
“I am always disappointed to disappoint our critics who try to find cracks in our alliance. And what they find today is a granite wall,” Netanyahu stated in an interview with Fox News after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, a meeting he described as “one of the best meetings we have ever had.”
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Netanyahu also assured that both countries share the goal of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons. “We have a common commitment. We do not want this fanatical regime in Tehran to have nuclear weapons,” he stated. “We have a common goal, and we will achieve it,” he added.
A new encounter
Hours before the meeting, Trump told Fox News that he would have preferred Netanyahu not to disclose Iran’s movements in the nuclear bunker. “I don’t need Bibi to tell me that. Bibi tells me that because he wants me to stay involved (in the war),” he stated bluntly.
“We know exactly what is happening. But yes, I heard Bibi announce it. I told him: ‘Why don’t you tell me directly? Why do you have to announce it to everyone?’ I know exactly what is happening on the Peak Mountain. It’s not a big deal,” he asserted.
The last face-to-face meeting between the two leaders took place on February 11 in the Oval Office, where the Israeli prime minister managed to convince the American president to launch the military offensive against Iran.
Netanyahu arrives now in the midst of a reelection campaign and with the purpose of showing that his close relationship with Washington remains strong amidst recent tensions.
The U.S. president has avoided commenting on whether he supports Netanyahu in the upcoming Israeli elections, scheduled for October 27.
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The conflict with Iran
Trump is seeking a negotiated exit from the unpopular conflict, which has caused differences with his allies and Netanyahu himself, with whom he acknowledged on Monday that he has “small differences” although he stressed that both share common positions on the war.
He also replied that “no one” can dictate to him what weaponry he should sell to other countries, when asked about the Israeli prime minister’s opposition to a possible transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.
Although the U.S. president has defined Netanyahu as “a wartime prime minister,” he also called him “fucking crazy” during a tense phone conversation last June regarding Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
The president has ordered a halt to the bombings against Iran to negotiate an agreement to end the conflict, although he has threatened to resume them if the talks fail.
