Analysis: Unlike Obama, who refused to see PM Netanyahu before Israeli elections, President Trump has no reluctance to put his thumb on another country's scale.
From center-right, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from left, arrive to deliver a joint statement during their meeting in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
And the White House announced that Netanyahu would be visiting the president in Washington and having dinner at the White House next week, just before the April 9 election. Facing one of his toughest election challenges in years, the embattled Israeli leader is playing the Trump card for all it’s worth: In recent months, he has been promoting their relationship on a billboard and airing a campaign ad showing Trump saying, “Today we officially opened the United States Embassy in Jerusalem. Congratulations!”
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