Donald Trump: "Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. Who wants to take the chance?"

US President Donald Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Truth Social post on Sunday, nine days before Israel’s October 27 election, after earlier avoiding an endorsement when asked how Netanyahu was performing. In an Axios interview, Trump said he had always intended to endorse Netanyahu but did not want to act prematurely. Asked whether he could work with an Israeli leader other than Netanyahu, Trump did not answer directly, according to Axios. The endorsement comes as Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition faces a tight contest and as a Pew Research Center poll this month found about two-thirds of US voters disapproved of Trump’s handling of the joint US-Israel war with Iran, ahead of November midterms.