Despite praise and White House visits, Trump avoids endorsing Netanyahu

In a Time interview, Trump avoids directly endorsing Netanyahu but defends him over reports of warnings before October 7 attacks.United States President Donald Trump has avoided directly endorsing Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview ahead of Israel’s upcoming elections, despite repeatedly heaping praise – and White House visits – on the Israeli prime minister.Trump thrice avoided making an endorsement in an interview with Time magazine published on Thursday, instead pivoting to his own popularity in Israel and actions in support of Israel’s government.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel’s Netanyahu criticises opposition uniting against him for electionslist 2 of 3Trump administration ‘must be changed’: Iran’s IRGC appeals to US voterslist 3 of 3The October 7 warnings threatening Netanyahu’s Israeli election campaignend of listThe US president was initially asked if the “Israeli people should give Netanyahu another term?”“Well, I can only say that I’m not involved in politics any more, except that we’re popular,” Trump said, claiming “99 percent” popularity in Israel.When pressed a second time on whether Netanyahu should have another term, Trump pointed to Washington...