{"id":3079,"date":"2026-08-15T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:01:44","slug":"trump-holds-back-on-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=3079","title":{"rendered":"Trump Holds Back on Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3080\" src=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774904684_4364075820519263_5521113887394051712_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774904684_4364075820519263_5521113887394051712_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774904684_4364075820519263_5521113887394051712_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774904684_4364075820519263_5521113887394051712_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774904684_4364075820519263_5521113887394051712_n.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump is holding back from endorsing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel\u2019s October 27 election, according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has reportedly been asked several times whether he supports Netanyahu\u2019s reelection but has stopped short of giving him his backing. The hesitation comes as Netanyahu faces difficult polling, with his coalition projected to fall well short of the 61 seats needed to form a government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1691648\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The relationship between the two leaders also appears to be under increasing strain. Trump reportedly remains personally fond of Netanyahu but has grown frustrated with his decisions involving Gaza, Iran and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of an endorsement is notable given Trump\u2019s previous public support for Netanyahu. For now, Trump appears to be keeping his options open as Israel heads toward a closely watched election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is holding back from endorsing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel\u2019s October 27 election, according to Axios. Trump has reportedly been asked several times whether &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-3079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trending","tag-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}