TRUMP SWEARS AT ‘DISLOYAL AND UNGRATEFUL’ NETANYAHU FOR CONGRATULATING BIDEN

Sat 11 December 2021:

Former US president Donald Trump launched a diatribe against Israel’s former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of ‘disloyalty’ after congratulating Joe Biden on his victory in the 2020 presidential elections.

Talking to a US-based news website Axios, Trump blasted Netanyahu, saying, “It was early. Ok? Let’s put it this way —he greeted him very early. Earlier than most world leaders. I’ve not spoken to him since.”

Trump said he values ‘loyalty’, adding that he never expected Netanyahu to change sides so quickly.

“Nobody did more for Bibi. I liked Bibi. I still like Bibi,” Trump said, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.

“There was no one who did for Israel more than I did. And the first person to run to greet Joe Biden was Netanyahu. And not only did he congratulate him —he did it in a video,” he said.

“If you look at the leaders of other countries — like Brazil —he waited months. Putin. Many other leaders. Mexico. All of them also felt that the election was over. But they, too, were waiting. No one did more than me for Bibi. Money too. We gave them a lot of money and gave them soldiers. We did everything.”

On November 8, 2020, Netanyahu congratulated Biden the day after the election results were announced in his favor.

Netanyahu added in the post at the time that he and Biden have had a “long & warm” personal relationship for almost 40 years and that he considers him a “great friend of Israel” with whom he looks forward to working.

Netanyahu, on the other hand, thanked Trump in a second Twitter message “for the friendship you have shown the state of Israel and me personally, for recognizing Jerusalem and the Golan, for standing up to Iran, for the historic peace accords and for bringing the American-Israeli alliance to unprecedented heights.”

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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