Karoline Leavitt Asked About Trump Calling For Prosecution Against Netanyahu To Be Dropped

At a White House press briefing on Monday, Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt was asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Transcript

00:00behind you. Go ahead. Thank you, Caroline. The president has been calling for

00:04in Gaza for two days and many posts. Who is blocking the deal? And one other thing. When

00:11he posted on Netanyahu's trial, also he said it interferes with the negotiations on Iran

00:17and on Gaza. What did he mean by that? I'm sorry, to your second question? The second

00:21question, when he posted about the Israeli prime minister trial, he said it interferes

00:27with the negotiations on Gaza and on Iran. What did he mean by that? It interferes because

00:32it physically and logistically was interfering. The prime minister was slated to go to court

00:38last week when he's in the middle of negotiating a peace deal and bringing hostages out of a

00:43war-torn region. And so the president was simply, I think, emphasizing his empathy that he has

00:50for Bibi Netanyahu and seeing him go what he's going through with his own judicial system in

00:56the state of Israel. Clearly, the president knows that very well. He, too, was a victim

01:01of a judicial system that was trying to put him in jail. As you all know, you all covered

01:06it. But President Trump prevailed. That's why he's back in the Oval Office. And he believes

01:10that Bibi Netanyahu is a great leader for the people of Israel. The president just worked

01:15with him closely to end that 12-day war and to obliterate Iran's nuclear facility, to take

01:21out that imminent threat, not just to the State of Israel, but also to the United States

01:25of America and the rest of the world. And he believes that Prime Minister Netanyahu should

01:28be praised for that. Go ahead.

01:29Go ahead.