Washington: US President Donald Trump complained about what he called “ridiculous” plans for new elections in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition.
Trump, speaking to reporters outside the White House before his departure for the UK, weighed in on the Israeli elections after he was asked about prospects for his administration’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan.
“In the meantime, Israel’s all messed up with their election,” he said. “Bibi got elected, now all of the sudden they’re going to have to go through the process again, until September? That’s ridiculous.
Read the article by Josh Wingrove in The Sydney Morning Herald (from Bloomberg).