The Israeli prime minister's meeting with Donald Trump came after Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with vice president Kamala Harris, after which she said she will "not be silent" over suffering in Gaza.

Donald Trump hosted Benjamin Netanyahu at his Florida resort as he dismissed reports of tensions between the pair and attacked Kamala Harris’s “disrespectful” comments about the Gaza war.

The former US president welcomed the Israeli prime minister to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach for their first meeting since September 2020.

The Republican presidential nominee and Mr Netanyahu have reportedly been at odds since the Israeli PM congratulated Joe Biden for his victory in the 2020 presidential election, which Mr Trump falsely claimed was stolen from him.

It was all smiles between Mr Trump and Mr Netanyahu on Friday, however, with the American saying “we have a very good relationship” and insisting it was “never bad”.

  • @[email protected]
    11•3 months ago

    to my surprise, there is really something to that effect…

    “Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      13•3 months ago

      You might want to read the Logan Act

      Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

      This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.

      Gazan policy qualifies as a controversy. By meeting with a foreign head of state, he’s interfering with Biden’s ability to bring about the US’s policy goals.

      • @[email protected]
        5•3 months ago

        yeah, should have googled first. unfortunately i doubt it can realistically apply here though, the moron will claim that he acts on behalf of half of the congress or something to that effect.

        • FuglyDuckEnglish
          6•3 months ago

          I mean, he’s still in possession of documents containing our most sensitive secrets….

          If they can’t enforce that, they’re not gonna enforce something half of congress breaks gonna regular basis