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        "msgid": "trump-ghosts-netanyahu-booked-tickets-left-hanging-1784303526",
        "date": "2026-07-17 21:50:00",
        "title": "Trump 'Ghosts' Netanyahu: Booked Tickets, Left Hanging",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "White House officials were reportedly surprised by Israeli media claims of a scheduled meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as no such agenda was ever confirmed. The diplomatic snub follows Netanyahu's aggressive attempts to secure a meeting and his public criticism of a potential US F-35 sale to Turkey. Tensions are further compounded by US scepticism over Israeli intelligence and a recent symbolic vote in the House to cut $3 billion in aid to Israel.",
        "content": "<p>A number of White House officials were reportedly surprised when\nreading recent Israeli media reports claiming that President Donald\nTrump would host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. In\nreality, no meeting agenda had ever been scheduled between the two\nleaders. Citing an Axios report on Friday (17\/7\/2026), this diplomatic\nrift surfaced after Netanyahu aggressively tried to secure an official\nschedule for more than two weeks. Netanyahu had previously visited the\nOval Office six times since Trump returned to office a year and a half\nago, making him the world leader who has met Trump most often, with each\nprevious meeting successfully scheduled within hours or days. Trump\u2019s\nreluctance to rush into a photo opportunity with Netanyahu signals a\nsharp divergence in interests between the two and reflects the White\nHouse\u2019s deep disappointment with the Israeli leader, five months after\nthe two nations jointly launched a war operation. Earlier this month,\nTrump stated that Netanyahu had called to congratulate him on the 250th\nUS Independence Day and requested permission to visit the White House.\nTrump hinted the visit could occur right after his return from the NATO\nsummit in Ankara, Turkey, which took place on 7-8 July. However, as time\npassed and Trump returned from the summit, confirmation of the meeting\nnever materialised. The uncertainty worsened following news of the death\nof former Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday. Netanyahu\u2019s office\nimmediately announced to the media that the Prime Minister intended to\nattend the funeral and planned to fly to the US over the weekend to meet\nTrump on Monday. The air force was even ordered to prepare the\npresidential aircraft, complete with an advance security protocol team\nsent to Washington. Yet, suddenly on Thursday morning, Netanyahu\u2019s\noffice announced the total cancellation of the trip, citing the\npostponement of Graham\u2019s funeral. White House officials revealed the\ncancellation occurred because confirmation of a meeting from Trump\u2019s\nside had never existed. \u2018Our impression is that Bibi was trying to force\nthe meeting to happen,\u2019 one White House official said. Behind the\nscenes, some Israeli officials assessed that Netanyahu\u2019s decision to\ncancel the trip was also driven by tactical military calculations. He\nsuspected the US was preparing to intensify attacks on Iran, prompting\nhim to remain in the country to anticipate potential direct Iranian\nretaliation against Israel. Tensions between the two allies were also\nfuelled by Netanyahu\u2019s appearance on Fox News just before Trump departed\nfor Ankara, where he openly criticised the President\u2019s intention to sell\nF-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey. The interview reportedly infuriated\nTrump, who felt Netanyahu had no right to interfere in US foreign\npolicy. During Trump\u2019s visit to Turkey, Israel presented intelligence\ndata claiming that senior Iranian officials had ordered an associate to\nassassinate the President while he was in Ankara. This data prompted the\nSecret Service to tighten security and switch Trump\u2019s aircraft to an\nolder version of Air Force One. However, several US officials later\nstated that the intelligence was single-sourced and uncorroborated. \u2018It\nwas more aspirational than operational,\u2019 one US official remarked.\nTurkish security agencies, after conducting an in-depth field\ninvestigation, ultimately concluded there was no specific assassination\nplot directed at Trump during his stay in Ankara. This intelligence\nincident further tarnished Netanyahu\u2019s image, making him highly\nunpopular in Washington among both Democrats and Trump\u2019s inner circle\nand MAGA supporters. Many senior US officials, including Vice President\nJD Vance, have accused Netanyahu of frequently making overly optimistic\nand inaccurate predictions about the course of the Iran war that do not\nmatch realities on the ground. A tangible form of political rejection\nwas seen on Wednesday when 103 members of the Democratic faction in the\nUS House of Representatives surprisingly voted to cut $3 billion in aid\nto Israel. This budget cut serves as a sharp rebuke demonstrating\nmassive opposition to Netanyahu\u2019s government. Pressure is not only\ncoming from the opposition, as on the same day, Vice President JD Vance,\nspeaking on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast, explicitly accused members of\nNetanyahu\u2019s administration of deliberately undermining Trump\u2019s Iran\npolicy to prolong the war.<\/p>",
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