President Donald Trump joked about his high approval rating in Israel on Wednesday, suggesting that he might run to be its prime minister after his White House term concludes.Trump was asked what he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about holding off on striking Iran while the United States is involved in ceasefire negotiations.“He’s fine. He’ll do whatever I want him to do. He’s a very good man,” Trump said of his Israeli counterpart. “Don’t forget, he was a wartime prime minister, and he’s not treated right in Israel, in my opinion.”
Trump proceeded to claim he has near-unanimous support from Israeli citizens before recycling a joke he’s previously made about Venezuela.
“I’m right now at 99% in Israel. I could run for prime minister, so maybe after I do this, I’ll go to Israel and run for prime minister,” he told reporters. “I had a poll this morning. I’m 99%,” he added, without citing the supposed poll he was referring to. According to a February poll by the Jewish People Policy Institute Israeli Society Index, 73% of Israelis rate Trump as a better-than-average U.S. president for Israel’s interests.
The president made a similar comment early last month while discussing interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez’s cooperation with the Trump administration.
