Posted on 06/26/2025 2:21:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
US President Donald Trump has called for Israel to "pardon" Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for alleged corruption, or drop the case altogether.
He also claimed in a social media post that the US had saved Israel - alluding to its intervention in Israel's war with Iran - and would now also "save" Netanyahu.
The Israeli prime minister denies charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, for which he has been on trial since 2020.
Netanyahu wrote his own post thanking Trump "for your moving support for me and your tremendous support for Israel".
Israel's main opposition leader Yair Lapid criticised Trump's statement, saying he should not "intervene in a legal process of an independent state".
Trump's post comes days after he rebuked Israel for attacking Iran after he had announced a ceasefire deal between the two following a 12-day exchange of missiles.
Netanyahu has repeatedly praised Trump's decision to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities on Sunday, calling it a "bold" move.
Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump described his long-time ally as a "great hero, who has done so much" for Israel, and a "warrior".
He said Netanyahu's trial should be "cancelled immediately" or he should be given a pardon, adding that he learned Netanyahu was due to appear in court on Monday. Netanyahu has appeared in court multiple times since the trial started.
Trump described the case against Netanyahu as a "witch hunt" - a term he repeatedly used to describe investigations into his own alleged wrongdoing in the US, adding: "This travesty of 'justice cannot be allowed!"
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He’s been on trail for 20 years...Trump is right...STOP...get off his back. He’s keeping Israel alive!!
It’s always foreign election meddling, unless you’re on the benefitting side, i.e. Biden - China.
Trump is allowed to have an opinion and he’s allowed to voice his opinion.
The US is not interfering like was the case under Obama: https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-funds-aided-2015-campaign-to-oust-netanyahu-senate-probe-finds/
When we spendoney runnings adds, the state department and IC start doing things to sway the election one way or the other, that is interfering.
Fair to say Biden was against Netanyahu and Trump is for Netanyahu in both cases US interference but the US has been interfering around the world pretty steady for 80 years now.
Interfering is when the organs of the state (State Department, DOD, IC, USAID), US tax money is being used to influence elections.
Trump is entitled his opinions and is allowed to express them.
If that bothers someone in Israel (that people are allowed to have free thought and free speech) that does not really excite me.
In the real world the state organs are used and they have been used in countries all over the world since 1945 CIA and other organs.
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