When Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House on Monday for his latest meeting with his American counterpart, he found himself in a place that once seemed improbable: back in Donald Trump's good graces.
Trump invited Netanyahu to Washington after a volatile four-year stretch between the two. Trump left Washington in January 2021 infuriated with Netanyahu, bitter that the Israeli leader had backed out of a planned joint operation to assassinate an Iranian general and had congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory. When Trump returned, in January 2025, he came with a top agenda item that clashed with the Israeli premier's: an end to the war in Gaza and an Iranian nuclear agreement.
Despite those differences, they now appear close. After 21 months of audacious Israeli attacks on Iranian assets, decapitating its regional terrorist proxies and launching a war against Tehran that, with U.S. help, degraded their nuclear program, Netanyahu can help Trump deliver something he desperately covets: foreign policy wins.
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