‘PR win’: Netanyahu-Trump talks conclude with few details
Netanyahu has not yet publicly commented on what was discussed in his meeting with the former US president and Republican 2024 presidential nominee.
Trump has also not posted anything about the meeting on his Truth Social platform.
In a video before the talks formally began, Trump told Netanyahu that “no president has done what I’ve done for Israel”.
Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle, reporting from Palm Beach, Florida, said that despite the lack of details on their discussion, the two leaders “can chalk this down to a bit of a PR win”. That’s “because they both get to project themselves as the strong men who get things done”, Lavelle said. “This was all about optics.”
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Under pressure in Israel, Netanyahu betting on Republicans
Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project, a US-based watchdog group, says the Israeli premier is trying to position himself as the person “best suited to dealing with Republicans in the United States”.
“He is making a bet that Republicans will be ascendant,” Hauser told Al Jazeera.
“And with this meeting [with Trump] he is showing that he can conduct outreach on behalf of Israel in the United States, and is hoping that that is enough to keep him in power in Israel.
“It’s a gamble – but it’s probably the best gamble that Netanyahu” has at hand, Hauser added.
