Interview · moment 14 of 28
Netanyahu's Courtship of Trump and the Golden Pager Gift
from Donald Trump’s Endgame | The Tim Dillon Show #501 · #501
4 min
Guest
Haberman details the history of Netanyahu rebuilding his relationship with Trump after congratulating Biden, the gift of a gold-plated pager, and how Trump was more hawkish on Iran than his own team heading into the 12-day war.
- Netanyahu visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the Butler assassination attempt with a prepared list of world leaders who congratulated Biden, attempting to excuse his own quick congratulations.
- Trump tells Netanyahu he will be much harder on Iran in a second term and will do things for Israel he didn't do in his first term.
- Netanyahu's top adviser Ron Dermer believed there was an 80% chance Trump would join Israel in a war with Iran after the 2024 election.
- Trump was fascinated by the Israeli pager attacks against Hezbollah, and Netanyahu gave him a gold-plated pager as a gift.
- Trump watched the June 2024 Israeli military campaign on Fox News and saw it being heralded as a success, wanting to be part of it.
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