Donald Trump has claimed that Israel “wouldn’t survive” without the United States ahead of his meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. The US President is having his first meeting with the Israeli leader since the start of the conflict with Iran in February.
Background to the meeting
The meeting comes amid a pause in airstrikes between the US and Iran after the ceasefire collapsed earlier this month. Trump insisted that new meetings were requested directly by Iranian officials, saying they reached out directly “because we’ve been hitting them very hard.”
“We’re having good talks, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Monday on Air Force One. “I think there’s a good chance that something could happen. And if it does, good. If it doesn’t, we go back to doing what we were doing two days ago.”
Trump’s stance on negotiations
Trump rejected a suggestion that his patience with negotiations could be wearing thin. “I have plenty of time,” he said.
