Trump Details D.C. Golf Course Plan, Backs Netanyahu Again
Trump used Truth Social to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in unusually blunt terms, casting him as a wartime partner against Iran and warning that the United States might have to act if Israel chooses a different leader. He also unveiled a plan for a new championship golf course at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., framing the project as an economic boost and a future site for major tournaments. The posts together show him mixing foreign-policy intervention with a highly personal domestic development pitch.
Netanyahu Endorsement and Iran Comments
ForeignPolicyTrump issued a full-throated endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s next election, praising him as a strong partner in confronting Iran. In the same message, he described Iran as an existential threat and said the United States might have to “finish the job” if Israel elects someone else.
The endorsement goes far beyond routine support for an allied leader: it ties Israel’s domestic politics directly to Trump’s own hard-line Iran messaging and to his view of U.S. leverage over regional security. By publicly elevating Netanyahu while denouncing Iran in apocalyptic terms, Trump is reinforcing a familiar foreign-policy posture built around confrontation, personal loyalty, and the claim that strength deters chaos. The warning that America might have to take over the burden himself also serves a domestic audience, signaling toughness while distancing him from any outcome he does not control. It fits Trump’s broader pattern of collapsing alliance management, campaign-style rhetoric, and strategic threat signaling into one message.
"Please let this Letter serve to represent my Complete and Total Endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu in his upcoming Race for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Israel."
"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."