Netanyahu Cancels Trip To Washington Amid Apparent Tensions With Trump

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Netanyahu Cancels Trip To Washington Amid Apparent Tensions With Trump

Spencer Lombardo
July 20, 2026 5:32 PM ET

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled this week’s meeting with President Donald Trump amid apparent tensions with the American president.

Netanyahu cancelled his plans to visit the U.S. due to a scheduling conflict surrounding the late Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral, i24NEWS reported Thursday. However, some say the real reason could have more to do with another kind of conflict.

“Right now, Netanyahu isn’t interested in a White House photo-op,” a source familiar with the situation told i24NEWS. “It’s simply not the right timing.”

The White House, U.S. Department of State, and Israel’s foreign press department did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

Netanyahu initially planned to meet with Trump in a Saturday through Tuesday visit for the funeral of Sen. Graham — whom he called “a great friend of Israel and a great friend of mine” in a Fox & Friends interview the day after the senator’s July 11 death. While Netanyahu reportedly still plans to attend Graham’s funeral that was rescheduled to July 28, it is not immediately clear if he still plans to arrange a meeting with the American president around that time.

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[Wingnut]

“Right now, Netanyahu isn’t interested in a White House photo-op,” a source familiar with the situation told i24NEWS. “It’s simply not the right timing.”

NYT pulling fake sources out of their ass.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Bro-mance drama.

[mountaineer]

Probably didn't want to deal with the assassination attempt Mamdani's folks had planned.

[Cyber Liberty]

NYT pulling fake sources out of their ass.

"Some say" and "sources familiar with" are a bit of a tip off....

[Wingnut]

"Some say" and "sources familiar with" are a bit of a tip off....

They are masters at the misusage.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Bro-mance drama.

Well, they *have* been going through a rough patch for weeks now. .. 

Inside Bibi's mystery Trump meeting
Axios, Jul 16, 2026

                                                   

White House officials were surprised in recent days to read in the Israeli press that President Trump would host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

° In fact, no meeting has been scheduled.

Why it matters: Netanyahu has visited the Oval Office six times since Trump returned to office a year and a half ago — more than any other world leader. Each of those meetings was scheduled within a matter of hours or days. This time, Netanyahu has been trying to get an appointment for more than two weeks.

° The fact that Trump isn't rushing to sit down with Netanyahu in front of the cameras signals not only the divergence of interests between the two, but also how disillusioned the White House is with the Israeli leader five months after they launched a war together.

Catch up quick:  Trump told Axios early this month that Netanyahu called to congratulate him for the 250th Independence Day and asked to come see him at the White House.

° Trump said at the time that Netanyahu could visit right after the president returned from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, which took place July 7-8.

° But as days passed and Trump returned from the summit, no meeting was scheduled.

° On Sunday, after news of former Sen. Lindsey Graham's death, Netanyahu's office told reporters that he wanted to attend the funeral. His aides told reporters in the following few days that he planned to travel to the U.S. this weekend and meet with Trump on Monday.

° Netanyahu's office even notified the Israeli Air Force to prepare his government plane and sent an advance team of protocol and security officials to Washington.

° On Thursday morning, however, Netanyahu's office announced the planned trip had been cancelled because Graham's funeral service had been postponed.

Behind the scenes: Two White House officials told Axios that while Netanyahu wanted to meet Trump, a meeting was never confirmed or added to the president's schedule.

° "Our impression was that Bibi was trying to will a meeting into existence," one of the officials said.

° It's unclear whether Netanyahu received an outright "no" from the White House. But it is clear he did not receive a positive response.

The big picture: Netanyahu is deeply unpopular in Washington these days, both among Democrats and within Trump's close circle and the MAGA base.

° Numerous U.S. officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have accused Netanyahu of making rosy predictions about the Iran war that didn't pan out.

° On Wednesday, 103 House Democrats voted to cut $3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel — an astonishing rebuke.

° One Jewish leader close to the Democratic Party said the vote was less about aid than about providing a way for many Democrats to express their opposition to Netanyahu and his government.

° It wasn't just Democrats. Vance went on Joe Rogan's podcast Wednesday and accused members of Netanyahu's government of trying to undermine the Trump administration's Iran policy in order to prolong the war

The bottom line: The episode was about more than just a White House sit-down. It was another sign of Netanyahu's increasingly precarious standing in Washington


More:  https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/netanyahu-mystery-trump-meeting

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  "Axios"   

What, nothing in the New York Times?