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\"\"<\/a>Trump Gives Netanyahu \u2018Complete and Total Endorsement\u2019 Nine Days Before Israeli Election<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Debbie Weiss<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, Dec. 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump on Sunday threw his support behind Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a> reelection bid, warning that choosing another leader could leave Washington to confront Iran without an Israeli partner willing to do the same, as the two allies seek to navigate the next phase of their military campaign against Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an unusually direct intervention in Israeli politics, Trump posted a letter on Truth Social to \u201cthe Great People of Israel\u201d offering his \u201cComplete and Total Endorsement\u201d of Netanyahu ahead of the elections later this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBibi Netanyahu has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting [sic] the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d Trump wrote, using Netanyahu\u2019s nickname.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump warned that Iran, which has long threatened to destroy Israel and the US<\/a>, had been severely weakened by their joint military campaign but could face further attacks unless it changed course.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf Israel has the wrong Leader, which would be anyone other than Bibi, America will have to do this work ourselves, and I am not inclined to do so,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump praised Netanyahu for resisting pressure during nearly eight months of regional conflict, including opposition from within Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself. Despite all of that, he has endured and, in fact, he has thrived!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have watched Bibi under the most trying of times,\u201d he continued. \u201cNormal men or women in such situations would have wilted under the pressure \u2014 But Bibi did not wilt, he actually got stronger, and maintains that same Strength today. This is the kind of Partner that the United States of America is demanding of Israel, a Country for which it has done so much.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump concluded his message with an emphatic assurance to Israeli voters: \u201cBIBI NETANYAHU WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The endorsement came after months in which Trump had conspicuously declined to back Netanyahu, despite repeated questions about the Israeli election and the prime minister\u2019s emphasis on his close relationship with the American president<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a telephone interview with Axios on Sunday, Trump said the timing had been deliberate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was always going to do that. I just didn\u2019t want to do it too soon,\u201d he told veteran journalist Barak Ravid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump stressed his good relationship with Netanyahu, saying, \u201cIt is important that Israel has a person they can count on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked whether he could work with a different Israeli leader, Trump declined to offer an assurance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I will, maybe I won\u2019t. Who wants to take the chance?\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n