US President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling Israelis he must be re-elected on Tuesday so the two leaders can “finish the job” against Iran.
Truth Social’s latest article appeared a week after Trump first endorsed Netanyahu, and hours after an Axios report revealed that the Israeli prime minister had pressured the US president to issue another public expression of his support, as repeated polls indicate the prime minister’s current coalition is far from a majority.
“To the people of Israel, to those who have not seen it, I attach the support I gave a week ago to your Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in a message that also includes one from last week when he first endorsed him.
“As everyone knows, including the enemy, Bibi and I had a great relationship to win together,” Trump continued.
“I led the attack on Venezuela, one of the most successful military operations in history, but before that we led Operation Midnight Hammer, which prevented the world’s first state sponsor of terrorism from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
“Then we did Operation Epic Fury, and Iran no longer has a navy or an air force, and its military and economy are in shambles, including the fact that Iranian inflation is at 301 percent. The naval blockade has prevented them from getting oil, and two levels of leadership, military and otherwise, are gone,” Trump claimed.
“When you go to the polls, remember that Bibi was an exceptional warrior prime minister! Israel was called the little satan, while the United States was called the big satan, by very evil people,” he said, apparently referring to chants at pro-regime rallies in Iran.
“There can no longer be a chant around the world: ‘Death to America, death to Israel,’ and there won’t be any,” Trump continued.
“Vote for Bibi Netanyahu as Prime Minister, we must finish the job we started!” he added.
Netanyahu and his allies showed initial support, while the prime minister’s opponents said they respected Trump but that Israelis would choose their leaders.
The US leader has long abandoned the norm of US presidents not intervening in the elections of allied countries and has on numerous occasions supported candidates in various countries.
Many media outlets had already portrayed Trump as frustrated with Netanyahu for allegedly making lofty promises of a quick victory over Iran earlier this year, which ultimately came to nothing.
Tensions reportedly increased when Washington decided to halt the campaign against Tehran and seek a deal, with Israel wary of parties reaching a deal that would harm its security.
In June, as Israel’s continued strikes in Lebanon derailed peace talks with Iran and drew expletive-filled criticism of Netanyahu from Trump, the US president said he would “most likely” support the prime minister’s re-election bid but would first have to see who else was running.
Despite their disagreements, Trump and Netanyahu have continued to insist that they have a good working relationship.
Trump’s call to finish the job followed Netanyahu’s warning on Sunday about Iran, in which he posted an AI-generated image depicting a nuclear explosion in Tel Aviv, telling the public just two days before the election that voting for anyone other than him could expose Israelis to the danger of a “second Holocaust.”
The message asserts that Israel has a limited window of opportunity to confront Iran as long as Trump remains in power, warning that future generations “will not forgive us if we miss this historic window of opportunity.”
The message shared by Netanyahu contradicts the prime minister’s repeated insistence that Israel and the United States have devastated Iran’s nuclear program during the 2025 and 2026 conflicts with Tehran. Netanyahu told the UN last month that “we have devastated Iran’s atomic weapons” over the past year. The Israeli leader also said in a statement in March that following the Israeli strikes, Iran could “no longer threaten our existence.”
Netanyahu has recently been accused by critics of pushing for a resumption of war against Iran to influence or delay the Oct. 27 vote — a charge he has denied.
Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir are reportedly engaged in an “unprecedented confrontation” following an instruction from the prime minister planning unspecified military action that defense officials say could lead to a rapid confrontation with Iran shortly before the election.
Channel 12, citing unnamed sources, said on Sunday that Zamir had resisted the military action, no details of which were provided, and requested further deliberations, as well as a document signed by Netanyahu regarding legal authorization for it.
The problem came to a head in the past 24 hours, the outlet said, noting that its report was broadcast within the confines of Israeli military censorship regulations.
Israel and the United States jointly launched war against Iran on February 28 with the aim of destabilizing its regime and destroying its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. Trump’s Republicans have lost support in the run-up to next month’s US midterm elections, as gas prices have soared because of the war.
In June, Iran concluded a memorandum of understanding with the United States paving the way for a permanent settlement of the conflict, but the agreement quickly collapsed when each side accused the other of violating it.
Tehran has since called for the resumption of talks to end the conflict. Sources said Qatari mediators were in Tehran on Sunday as part of an effort to defuse regional tensions in coordination with the United States, although the scale of the meeting was not revealed.
Last week, a report said the United States and Israel had drawn up plans for further military strikes against Iran following the November 3 US midterm elections, while other reports, denied by Netanyahu, said the prime minister’s desire to attack the Islamic Republic had been curbed by Trump, who wants to wait until after the next vote.
Lazar Berman and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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