Tensions between Trump and Netanyahu over the sale of F-35s to Turkey
The meeting between the two leaders has been cancelled for the time being
No meeting is currently scheduled between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. One of the reasons for this is said to be the US President’s deep irritation at the Israeli Prime Minister’s criticism of the possibility that Trump might decide to sell F-35sto Turkey.
This is reported by Axios, citing several sources who claim that the interview given by Netanyahu to Fox infuriated the president, who is convinced that “Bibi has no right whatsoever” to influence Trump’s decision.
To further complicate relations – which had already been strained for weeks – came a warning from Israeli intelligence about a possible new Iranian plot to assassinate Trump.
The alert forced the president to abandon the new Air Force One and fly on the old one. Several US sources have described the alert as unsubstantiated by evidence. “It was more of an aspiration than an operational plan,” the sources told Axios.
The Turkish security services also investigated the threat, concluding that there was no specific plot to kill Trump in Ankara, where he was attending the NATO summit.
