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Netanyahu hoped his Trump card would win him Israel's upcoming election. Instead, he gets a daily dose of humiliation

The Israeli prime minister counted on a presidential endorsement to win the general election he has to call by the end of October. Now the question is whether that would help or hinder him ■ Gadi Eisenkot flies high in the polls during 'the worst week for Likud since October 7'

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Netanyahu hoped his Trump card would win him Israel's upcoming election. Instead, he gets a daily dose of humiliation

06:03 AM • June 19 2026 IDT

A visit to Israel by U.S. President Donald Trump was supposed to be the winning card for the Likud party in the fall election. In Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fantasies, the beloved American leader would give him the kind of "endorsement" that only Trump can – with all the superlatives about Netanyahu being a "wartime prime minister, without whom Israel would have been destroyed, and that there's no one around who could match his stature. Trump would also declare President Isaac Herzog wretched and evil.

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