“I would like to congratulate Bibi Netanyahu. It seems he won this race. Maybe it's a little early, but I heard that he won, ”CNBC quoted Trump as saying.

Earlier, Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Beni Ganz announced their victory in the parliamentary elections in Israel.

The Prime Minister also announced the start of negotiations with leaders of right-wing parties on the creation of a new ruling coalition.

Read more about the situation in the RT material.