Posted on 05/10/25
| News Source: Times of Israel
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in multiple interviews aired on Israeli television on Saturday that, despite reports that the relationship between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has soured, the bond between the US leader and the Jewish state is as strong as it has ever been.
Asked about Trump’s decision to skip Israel in his upcoming visit to the Middle East, which will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Huckabee said that it was not an indication of a deteriorating relationship between Washington and Jerusalem.
“His first trip is about economic opportunity. That’s where his focus is,” Huckabee said in the interview with Channel 12 news.
“What he’s doing is not because he’s snubbing Israel,” he insisted. “There are 200 nations in the world, almost, so there are a lot of them he hasn’t gone to yet, a lot of them he isn’t going to right away — he’s spent more time with the prime minister of Israel than he has any other world leader. I think that says a lot.”
“I would just say to people, ‘Relax, calm down, Donald Trump loves you, there’s no doubt about that, he’s got your back,’” the US ambassador said. “He is the same Donald Trump that, for four years as president, did more for Israel than any other American president.”