Netanyahu is about to discover if Trump is friend or foe
A White House meeting may see the president try to dominate Israel’s strongman
WHEN DONALD TRUMP visited Israel during his first term as president in 2017, the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said their policies were so close that “I think we quote each other.” Eight years later, Mr Netanyahu arrives in Washington for their first meeting since Mr Trump’s return to the White House a lot less clear about whether they still speak the same language.
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