Benjamin Netanyahu portrays himself as a leader uniquely able to protect Israel’s security and deal effectively with Donald Trump.
But the US president, it seems, takes a very different view of the prime minister’s credentials. “Without me there would be no Israel,” Trump declared on Tuesday, two days after signing a peace agreement with Iran that showed a cavalier disregard for the security interests of America’s supposed ally. “Israel would have been blown up a long time ago, had I not gotten involved.”
