Trump gives Netanyahu ‘complete and total endorsement’ ahead of Israeli election

US President Donald Trump has declared his “complete and total endorsement” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of elections due in less than 10 days. In a message posted on his Truth Social platform on Sunday and addressed to the Israeli people, Trump praised Netanyahu as “strong, brave, and brilliant”. “I have watched Bibi [Netanyahu] under the most trying of times. Normal men or women in such situations would have wilted under the pressure — but Bibi did not wilt. He actually got stronger,” Trump wrote. “Please let this letter serve to represent my complete and total endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu in his upcoming race for re-election as prime minister of Israel. BIBI NETANYAHU WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” Read more: Trump gives Netanyahu ‘complete and total endorsement’ ahead of Israeli election US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on 29 December 2025 (Jim Watson/AFP)