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7/28/2026, 5:56:32 PM
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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both met with President Trump separately at the White House today ahead of Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral.
Both leaders reported positive meetings with the president.
Charles Cupchin, senior fellow with the Council of Foreign Relations and former Clinton and Obama National Security Council member joining us now to talk more about this.
So Charles, how important is this meeting as the tension between the US and Israel continues?
Well, I think the the biggest meeting of the day was clearly Netanyahu and Trump, and that's because we just don't know where the war in Iran is going to go.
We've had a pause now of around 48 hours in the US air strikes against Iran, Iran retaliation.
My guess is that behind closed doors, BB Natanyahu is pressing Donald Trump to go back to the battlefield because from Natanyahu's point of of view, there's a lot of unfinished business.
There are too many missiles left, too many drones left, too much nuclear material left.
Whether Trump is listening to Netanyahu, whether they're able to close the gap that has opened up in the recent months, too soon to tell.
As we were reporting, both meetings had positive reports.
Can we expect anything to change about the war after the meeting?
>> Well, you know, I do think that uh the Zalinski meeting probably was positive, and that's because Trump has warmed up to Zalinski.
He's warmed up to Ukraine.
Ukraine is doing better on the battlefield.
My guess is that was an easier meeting for both parties.
On uh the the Trump meeting with with Natanyahu, you know, they're coming off a couple of months in which their relationship has deteriorated and in which American support for Israel, both in the Democratic party and the Republican party has begun to crack.
So my guess is that that conversation was more difficult even though Trump and Natanyahu have already met seven times during Trump's uh second term.
But again, I I think there are different incentives here.
BB is running for reelection.
He's got unfinished business in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Iran.
He wants to press forward.
Donald Trump heading into the midterms wants oil prices to go down.
wants the affordability crisis to ease.
He faces different electoral incentives that I think is pushing the two leaders apart.
Charles Cupchen, thank you.
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