Vice President JD Vance declined to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, a day after President Donald Trump publicly backed Netanyahu as he seeks re-election this month.
\n\n“I’m not getting involved in the Israeli elections,” Vance said in an interview on Mark Halperin’s show “2WAY Tonight.”
\n\n“I’m not anti-endorsing him; I’m not pro-endorsing him,” Vance added.
\n\nTrump weighed in on the election Sunday, strongly backing Netanyahu’s re-election bid.
\n\n“If Israel has the wrong Leader, which would be anyone other than Bibi, America will have to do this work ourselves, and I am not inclined to do so. Bibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the post represents his “Complete and Total Endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu.”
\n\nVance said Monday that Trump has “the most effective endorsement in American or international political history.”
\n\nHe further defended his refusal to get involved in the race by saying he endorses “American candidates,” adding “that’s what I’m focused on” as the midterm elections approach.
\n\nVance traveled to Hungary this year to stump for then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was voted out of…
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