President Trump is asked if he’ll push Benjamin Netanyahu to recognize a Palestinian state, pointing out that Trump already pressured him into a ceasefire deal and even an apology to Qatar. Trump completely sidesteps the question. Zero mention of Palestine, two-state solution, or anything close. Instead, he showers Netanyahu with praise—calls him a “wartime prime minister,” “very talented,” the exact strongman Israel needed because “he’s a guy that has never been pushed before.”
Then it gets wild: Trump openly complains that Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trials are “very unfair” and declares, “I think we’ll be involved in that to help him out a little bit.”
Let that sink in. The President of the United States is casually announcing on camera that his administration plans to interfere in Israel’s independent judicial process to shield a foreign leader facing bribery, fraud, and breach-of-trust charges. All while dodging the actual question about Palestinian statehood and instead teasing an expansion of the Abraham Accords… deals that deliberately sidelined Palestinians entirely. It’s peak Trump foreign policy: maximum personal loyalty to Bibi, zero pressure for Palestinian rights, and now explicit promises of U.S. meddling in another democracy’s courtroom to protect a close ally. The Palestinian state question wasn’t just ignored—it was buried under a pile of strongman bromance and judicial interference threats.
I’m starting to think that he actually believes that him liking someone is enough of a reason for them not to have to face any consequences for anything. Let’s hope the Epstein evidence shuts his theory down. #ReleaseAllTheTrumpEpsteinFiles
~ @TwitzerlandNet on X
Transcript
Q: You pushed the Israeli prime minister to make this deal, to get a ceasefire, to apologize to Qatar. Can you push Bibi Netanyahu to recognize a Palestinian state?
Trump: Yeah, he’s fine. He’s fine. Look, he’s a wartime prime minister. I worked very well with him. Yeah, I mean, I had to push him a little bit one way or the other. I did a great job in pushing him. He’s a very talented guy. He’s a guy that has never been pushed before, actually. That’s the kind of person you needed in Israel at the time. It was very important. I don’t think they treat him very well. He’s under trial for some things, and I don’t think they treat him very well. I think we’ll be involved in that to help him out a little bit, because I think it’s very unfair. I did. I pushed him. I didn’t like certain things that he did, and you saw what I did about that. I also stopped. We knocked the hell out of Iran, and then it was time to stop, and we stopped.
President Trump told us he expects to expand the Abraham Accords, the historic agreement struck during Mr. Trump’s first term, the normalized relations between Israel and some Arab states.
