US President Donald Trump called into question whether or not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would run for reelection in the upcoming Knesset elections, according to a Tuesday report from ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. "He's had an amazing career," Trump told Karl in a phone call. "Does he want to continue? Because, you know, he's a wartime prime minister." "We will very shortly win the war one way or the other," Trump continued, "and you know he's a wartime prime minister."
"That's ok," he added, "just like I'm a wartime president." The US president also recently told Israel's Channel 12 about a conversation he had with Netanyahu in light of tensions between Israel and Iran. "I told Bibi, you'd better be careful what you do, because you could be left alone against Iran very soon," Trump said.
On Sunday, Trump asked Netanyahu to avoid striking Iran in retaliation for the recent Iranian missile attack on Israel. That conversation ended without a clear agreement, and Netanyahu did not tell Trump his final decision on the matter, according to a Monday report by Channel 12. The US president also told the Financial Times on Sunday that Netanyahu "won’t have any choice" but to accept a deal with Iran. “I call the shots. I call all the shots," said Trump. "He doesn’t call the shots.” (Read More)
