"Loyalty above all": Donald Trump is no longer friends with Benjamin Netanyahu

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former US President Donald Trump during the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House on September 15, 2020 in Washington.

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The friendship between the former US president and the former Israeli prime minister is over!

"Let him go and fuck himself!"

", Blurted Donald Trump, speaking of Benjamin Netanyahu.

These words are reported by a famous Israeli journalist.

He was interviewing the former tenant of the White House for a book on Israeli-American relations. 

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Sami Boukhelifa

Donald Trump believes he has done more for Israel and for Benjamin Netanyahu than any other American president.

So seeing Benjamin Netanyahu, "Bibi" as the Israelis call him, rush to congratulate Joe Biden on his election to the American presidency, it's a real stab in the back, believes the billionaire Republican. 

“ 

The first person to congratulate Biden was Bibi.

And not only did he congratulate it, but he made a video of it,

 ”Donald Trump complained to an Israeli journalist. 

Faithful to Israel to the end, according to Trump

“ 

Loyalty [above all else],

 ” says the 45th President of the United States.

Because he considers himself to have been faithful to Israel to the end.

In this regard, he cites in particular the American withdrawal from 

the Iran nuclear agreement

.

A decision desired by Israel.

It also recalls Washington's recognition of

Jerusalem as the capital

of the Hebrew state, and also recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the

Golan Heights

.

All this during his tenure. 

The former Israeli prime minister reacted very diplomatically: “ 

I understand the importance of the strong alliance between Israel and the United States, and therefore it was important for me to congratulate the president-elect.

 "  

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