Trump claims Israel 'wouldn't survive' without US ahead of crunch meeting with Netanyahu

Trump claims Israel 'wouldn't survive' without US ahead of crunch meeting with Netanyahu United States President Donald Trump is having his first meeting with the Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu since the start of the conflict with Iran in February Donald Trump claims Israel “wouldn’t survive” without the United States ahead of his meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. The US President is having his first meeting with the Israeli leader since the start of the conflict with Iran in February and there is friction with Netanyahu not wanting Turkey to have American made F-35 fighter jets. Close attention will be on the meeting as US and Israeli interests appear to have diverged firstly with a deal made by the Americans for a ceasefire with Iran before Netanyahu appeared to achieve all his goals. That ceasefire collapsed but after nearly two weeks of airstrikes by both sides there has been a fresh pause in attacks. Trump has insisted that new meetings were requested directly by Iranian officials, saying they reached out directly “because we’ve been hitting them very hard.” “We’re having good talks, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Monday on Air Force One. “I think there’s a good chance that something could happen. And if it does, good. if it doesn’t, we go back to doing what we were doing two days ago.” Trump rejected a suggestion that his patience with negotiations could be wearing thin. “I have plenty of time,” he said. Meanwhile, Trump hasn’t ruled out selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, which is not a friend of Israel. Netanyahu and Trump are meeting at the White House on Tuesday, and the prime minister has made clear he does not want Turkey to get the American-made jets. Trump was asked about such a sale to Turkey as he flew to Michigan and said, in an apparent rebuff of Netanyahu, that “nobody tells me what we should be selling.” “Turkey’s been a great ally for me,” he said of the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I think he’s done a very good job, did a good job with Syria. He’s a friend of mine.” Asked if he and Netanyahu are on the same page when it comes to the war against Iran, Trump replied, “We have a little difference but pretty close, yeah.” This is a Breaking News story. You’ll be more likely to see our stories when any big news breaks in future by simply by clicking this link . You can also join The Mirror’s WhatsApp Community or follow us on Google News , Flipboard , Apple News , TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads - or visit The Mirror homepage .