LiveLive Updates June 09, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJune 09, 2026UpdatesTrump says he doesn't know if Netanyahu will run in upcoming Israeli electionU.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told an American journalist that it is unclear whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will run in Israel's upcoming election.ABC News' chief Washington correspondent, Jonathan Karl, posted on X that "Trump also told me its an open question whether Netanyahu will run for re-election, wondering, 'If Bibi even wants to continue'."Karl said he spoke to the president on Monday night, ahead of the New York Knicks game. According to Karl, Trump added: "I don't know, he's had an amazing career. Does he want to continue? Because, you know he's a wartime prime minister. We will very shortly win the war one way or the other, and you know he's a wartime prime minister."Trump reportedly continued: "That's okay, just like I'm a wartime president."Trump also told me its an open question whether Netanyahu will run for re-election, wondering, “If Bibi even wants to continue."