Amidst reports of a growing rift between the two world leaders, their recent phone conversation about Iran's nuclear ambitions and the war in Gaza reportedly became heated when President Trump suggested a negotiated peace with Hamas terrorists.
But Gary Bauer of Christians United for Israel is not too concerned.
"I think the differences to the extent they exist between Benjamin Netanyahu and the president right now, [are] about strategy or differences about tactics, not any fundamental difference of opinion about radical Islamic movements needing to be defeated," he submits.
He remembers that President Trump campaigned on ending wars and bringing peace through strength.
"President Trump has made it absolutely clear: he does not want to be a war president," Bauer says.
He points out that Trump, for every foreign policy issue, consistently refuses to take any option off the table, including military action in some cases. But Bauer believes the president will ultimately stand with Netanyahu on the necessity to remove Hamas from power.
Trump has been touting "real progress" in the ongoing nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran, predicting on Sunday that there could be "good news" ahead. Tehran's foreign ministry, however, declared Monday that the Islamic Republic will not consider temporarily suspending uranium enrichment, as the U.S. is demanding.
"I have no doubt that he will do the right thing in the Middle East virtually every time, but he's going to try everything he can to avoid being in multiple wars at the same time," Bauer asserts about Trump.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently told Fox News that staying united with Israel is a priority for President Trump as this process plays out.
"I think the message to the American people is that we have a president who wants peace, but who will not tolerate a nuclear Iran capability in the future," she said. "He wants … Benjamin Netanyahu to be on the same page with him."
