US President Donald Trump said Lebanese President and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon visit the US, according to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). The remarks come amid active US diplomatic outreach across the Middle East.
President Donald Trump stated Wednesday evening that both the Lebanese president and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the US in the near future, according to journalist Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). Trump did not specify timing or which Lebanese president he referred to — Lebanon has been without a president since October 2022, though diplomatic efforts to break the impasse have intensified recently.
The brief remark, attributed to Trump by Stein, fits a broader pattern of high-level US engagement with Middle Eastern leaders. As The Zioneer has reported, Trump has hosted Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi at the White House in mid-July, and a Middle East summit is planned on the sidelines of the G7 in France. The statement also follows Trump’s reported pressure on Netanyahu to complete an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon by this Friday.
No further details — including whether the visits are planned separately or as a joint meeting — were provided. The signal remains Developing based on a single journalist's report.
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