Trump: Netanyahu requested meeting at White House

Donald Trump, President of the United States, stated in an interview with Axios that Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, has requested a meeting at the White House, and this meeting could take place as soon as next week, upon Trump's return from the NATO summit. Trump emphasized in the same interview that his relationship with Netanyahu is "very good." These remarks come as Axios has reported that in recent months, some of Trump's closest advisors have grown pessimistic and disillusioned with Netanyahu, particularly regarding the Iran file.

• Trump clarified in his conversation with Axios that the meeting request came from Netanyahu, not from himself.
• Referring to this relationship, Trump stated: "[Netanyahu] knows who the president is," viewing this as an indication of proper understanding of the relationship's structure.
• Trump indicated the probable timing of the meeting as after his return from the NATO summit and "even as soon as next week," though no definitive date has been set.
• Axios has reported that many of Trump's closest advisors believe Netanyahu had "gotten almost everything wrong" regarding Iran.
• According to Axios's report, this disillusionment among Trump's advisors with Netanyahu has developed and deepened in recent months.
• In the same interview, Trump expressed surprise at viewing footage of Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral ceremony and called the tears of the Iranian people at that ceremony "artificial."
• Trump's account of his relationship with Netanyahu ("very good") stands in apparent contradiction with Axios's report regarding his advisors' disillusionment with Netanyahu.
• None of the available sources have provided details about the agenda or possible topics of discussion for the two sides' meeting.
• Sources covering this story have reported it based on Trump's direct interview with Axios, and this media outlet is the primary source in all instances.. Coverage difference: Iranian media outlets (Entekhab, Shargh newspaper, Etemaad, Tejarat News) have primarily focused on the announcement of the meeting request and Trump's statement about Netanyahu "knowing who the president is," with some of them also highlighting Trump's remarks about the tears of the Iranian people alongside this news. In contrast, Entekhab's coverage is the only source that explicitly referenced Axios's report regarding Trump's advisors' disillusionment with Netanyahu on the Iran file, while most other media outlets either omitted this critical dimension or did not address it; this difference in selection of details conveys a different picture of the nature of the Trump-Netanyahu relationship to the audience.