Trump calls for ‘cancellation' of Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial
US President Donald Trump has called for the cancellation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial.
Throwing his support behind the prime minister, Trump condemned the Israeli corruption trial.
The long-running corruption trial began in May 2020, as the Israeli prime minister requested it be postponed due to the war in Gaza.
Trump took to social media platform Truth Social, where he unleashed on the trial, calling it a 'witch hunt'.
'I was shocked to hear that the State of Israel, which has just had one of its greatest moments in history, and is strongly led by Bibi Netanyahu, is continuing its ridiculous Witch Hunt against their great wartime Prime Minister,' Trump posted.
'Bibi and I just went through hell together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his love for the incredible holy land.'
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