Netanyahu dodges Trump's invitation to slam Biden on conference call

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday passed up an opportunity to knock Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, seemingly deflating President Donald Trump in the presence of reporters in the Oval Office.

The remarks from Netanyahu came on a phone call with Trump, as the American president announced that Sudan would become the third Middle Eastern state to normalize relations with Israel under an agreement brokered by the White House.

Addressing his foreign counterpart, who was on speakerphone, Trump asked Netanyahu: “Do you think Sleepy Joe could have made this deal, Bibi? Sleepy Joe? I think — do you think he would have made this deal somehow? I don’t think so.”

Netanyahu hesitated before offering a halting answer: “Well, Mr. President, one thing I can tell you is we appreciate the help for peace from anyone in America. And we appreciate what you’ve done enormously.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/23/netanyahu-trump-biden-call-431737

[11 Bravo]

1. Apparently Bibi looks at 538.

[SharonClark]

12. LOL!

[SpankMe]

2. Bibi doesn't want to offend the next president. n/t

[Butterflylady]

3. Even he knows the jig is up.

[grumpyduck]

4. And it happened in front of reporters!

[Midnightwalk]

5. What a traitor

Torpedoing the next president with our allies to help his campaign.

Don’t bother telling me the legal definition. I’m using the English definition of traitor.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. That is how diplomacy works. Cordiality. Do no harm. Choose no sides.

Trump just doesn't understand it.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. And I hope Biden remembers this, that trump tried to throw Biden under the bus with Netanyahu

and that rump will get his due one day. Revenge will be best served cold when all of the lawsuits and such are opened back up in full against rump and more are lodged against the POS.

[irisblue]

8. Trump assumes everyone is transactional, like he is.

Netanyahu cannot be that with other American Presidents.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Everyone knows Trump is going to lose

Even Trump. He's just acting like a fool now.

[stopdiggin]

10. this is just flat out embarrassing

Squirmy, sick creepy clown, creepy uncle, don't f*cking touch me uncomfortable. But -- the man has been an embarrassment to the entire country from the moment he stepped into office.

[riversedge]

11. smart move by Bibi---can't insult the next President of the usa!

[BlueIdaho]

13. Like it or not Bibi is a survivor

He’s not about to piss on his own campfire.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. The fact the current president speaks that way to a foreign leader is shameful!

This asshole is an embarrassment to the US and the political world at large. Even other POS dictator wannabes and actual dictators don't speak this way when conducting foreign business and, especially not when it is supposed to be diplomacy!

[hibbing]

15. Every damn hour with this fing idiot

How absolutely pathetic as usual. Counting the days where I don't have to see yet another embarrassment from this dipshit.

Peace

[Sierra89]

16. Donnie sounded so stupid and childish

like a sneering little kid. LITERALLY sounded like he was sneering. That is his tone quite often, when he makes remarks or little digs when speaking to or about people.

He comes across like someone who is emotionally 13yrs old, always seeking attention and acceptance.