After Trump Turned on Putin, Is Netanyahu Next?

Israel has many friends in Washington, but MAGA is increasingly divided.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington on July 7. September 26, 2025, 12:17 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

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In President Donald Trump’s America First approach to foreign policy, Israel can seem like an exception, a country that gets support even when its policies stray from U.S. interests—or the personal preferences of the president himself. Israeli leaders like to talk about the values that the two countries share, which is certainly part of the explanation. But there are other reasons as well.

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