'Mr. President, he is winning': Netanyahu aide told Trump despite weak polls – report
At the time of the meeting, the coalition bloc had 49 predicted Knesset seats, according to a Maariv poll – 12 short of the 62 seats needed for a majority.
During a July 28 Oval Office meeting, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told US President Donald Trump, "Mr. President, he is winning," when asked about Netanyahu's poll performance ahead of the October 27 Knesset election. This occurred despite polls at the time showing Netanyahu's bloc with 49 predicted seats, short of a majority. Netanyahu had sought Trump's support for his reelection campaign. Separately, Likud announced that Oren Dobronsky, a businessman, would receive Netanyahu's first reserved slot on the party's Knesset list. Dobronsky had previously called Trump "a morally corrupt person" on X/Twitter but later apologized, stating, "President Trump is the greatest friend that Israel ever had in the Whitehouse."
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