President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, setting the stage for the revival of the historic Abraham Accords.
During a speech in Congress on Wednesday, which was boycotted by 70 Democrats with ties to Hamas, Netanyahu urged Trump to establish a NATO-like alliance with Middle Eastern allies, which he referred to as the Abraham Alliance.
President Donald Trump emphasized his positive relationship with Netanyahu, downplaying any issues stemming from Netanyahu’s early recognition of The Steal on Nov. 8, 2020.
“My relationship with Netanyahu was always strong,” President Trump asserted, as reported by Arutz Sheva.
Trump quipped that his “secret weapon” in maintaining a good relationship with Netanyahu was Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, Arutz Sheva reported: “No President has done what I’ve done for Israel, and we’ve always had a very good relationship, and if I didn’t, I have a secret weapon. You know what it is? Sara, sitting right over here,” Trump said, and then added, as everyone in the room laughed, “As long as I have Sara, that’s all that matters.”
Trump blasted Vice President Kamala Harris’ remarks on Israel after her meeting Thursday with Netanyahu, calling them “disrespectful”.
“I think her remarks were disrespectful. They weren’t very nice pertaining to Israel. I actually don’t know how a person who’s Jewish can vote for her. But that’s up to them. But she was certainly disrespectful to Israel, in my opinion,” Trump said. “We are closer to a Third World War right now then any time since the Second World War, we’ve never been so close because we have incompetent people running our country,” President Trump stated.
Asked if a hostage release deal is closer, Netanyahu replied, “I hope so, only time will tell. We are working on it.”
The Israeli Prime Minister presented President Trump with a photo of Ariel Bibas, who was abducted to Gaza with his parents and baby brother Kfir, holding a drawing he had created in kindergarten.
Netanyahu informed Trump that Ariel’s grandfather requested that he give the picture to Trump, which he had also given to President Joe Biden during their meeting, as reported by Arutz Sheva.
During his speech in Congress on Wednesday, which was boycotted by 70 Hamas-supporting Democrats, Netanyahu urged Trump to establish a NATO-like alliance with America’s allies in the Middle East, named the Abraham Alliance.
This alliance is inspired by the shared roots of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in the Biblical prophet Abraham.
