“I don’t think it can be better,” Trump said about their relationship when asked by a reporter. “We just won a big war together.”

He said a moment later the two have a “great relationship.” His comments stand out after outlets like Axios reported the Trump administration felt Netanyahu was “slow-walking the peace process” and “fear he will resume the war with Hamas.”

“He’s a wartime prime minister, he’s done a phenomenal job. He’s taken Israel through a very dangerous period of trauma,” Trump said. “Israel, with other people, might not exist right now, if you wanna know the truth. That’s a pretty big statement, but it’s true.”

And Trump reiterated his support for Netanyahu receiving a pardon for his multi-year corruption trial in Israel.

“How do you not give a pardon, you know?” Trump said while shaking his head in disbelief. “He’s a war-time prime minister who is a hero. How do you not give a pardon?”

Trump then said he talked to Israeli President Isaac Herzog — and Herzog told him the pardon is “on its way.”

The president and Netanyahu worked closely as Trump spearheaded the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that was made in October.

Trump on Monday said “every hostage released” was because of him, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth.

“None were released in the Biden administration,” he added.4…

WASHINGTON ‒ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country plans to award the Israel Prize to President Donald Trump, breaking with tradition to honor a non-Israeli and marking the first time the annual prize will go to another country’s president.

Netanyahu announced Trump as a recipient of the Israel Prize ‒ the state of Israel’s highest civilian honor for 72 years ‒ shortly after the two leaders met at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.