Netanyahu: What Really Happened in My Meeting With Trump | Hang Out with Sean Hannity

Benjamin Netanyahu (0:02)

And I had to disappoint people who are looking for, you know, who are looking for divisions among us, because the president and I see this eye to eye. They want to kill Donald Trump.

They just gave out a fact sheet on Melania and Barron.

Sean Hannity (0:17)

And you got this lunatic mayor in New York thinking, you may get arrested if you go to New York, which will never happen.

Benjamin Netanyahu (0:25)

First of all, I'm going to New York. You know, I'd walk into a room with Lindsey, and you smile.

You see Lindsey, you smile.

Sean Hannity (0:33)

That was true.

Benjamin Netanyahu (0:33)

You see this blonde guy, you know, starts smiling.

Sean Hannity (0:37)

I believe, knowing your life story, that this was your destiny.

Benjamin Netanyahu (0:42)

Well, I've often wondered about that.

Sean Hannity (0:51)

Mr. Prime Minister, great to see you again, my friend.

Benjamin Netanyahu (0:53)

Good to see you.

Sean Hannity (0:56)

I mentioned today, during Lindsey's eulogy, we have known each other for 30 years. I can't believe it's been that long. You were reminding me of a steak dinner we once had many, many years ago.

Benjamin Netanyahu (1:08)

I remember that. And you know, like good wine, you've improved with age.

But I have to say, you gave, I mean, the president gave an amazing speech. You gave an amazing speech.

Sean Hannity (1:19)

Thank you.

Benjamin Netanyahu (1:19)

And it was so moving in the Washington Cathedral because Lindsey, Lindsey Graham was a great American patriot, a great champion of the American Israel Alliance. And let me tell you, we lost a dear, dear friend. And he was, as you and the president described him, you know, he was just gloriously outrageous. He just said what he wanted to say. He was charmingly outrageous. He could use swear words and he could say it like it is.

And you loved him.

Sean Hannity (1:52)

You know, it's amazing.

I think I'm accurate in saying this, that Lindsey was President Trump's closest friend in all of Congress. That means the House and the Senate. They played golf together, they talked together, they argued together, they had meals together. And they had a very special relationship. And it was open and it was honest. You know, the one thing that I said about Lindsey and is true, he was a staunch supporter of yours, a staunch supporter of Israel, a staunch supporter of the people of Israel.

And, but he knew that evil exists in our time. And, and he and the president talked a lot about how to confront the evil of this moment.

Benjamin Netanyahu (2:42)

Well, I can tell you that he spoke about it with me many times and he was absolutely unapologetic and unabashed in supporting the American Israel Alliance because he believed that Israel's security and America's security were intertwined and you got proof of that when we fought shoulder to shoulder against this murderous regime in Iran that chants death to America, death to Israel. And when we combine our forces and our brave soldiers, you know, nothing can stand in our way and, and he believed that. And he just said it like it is.

He couldn't care about the winds of fashion, he couldn't care about social media and all these bots that are used to try to, you know, play the American people for fools. He said, you have one real ally in the Middle East and in the world, Israel. It's your fighting ally, it's your model ally. And he just said it and he couldn't, you know, he just didn't suffer fools.

Sean Hannity (3:39)

History will, will judge the military relationship between Israel under Donald Trump, President Trump, and Israel under Prime Minister Netanyahu very favorably.

I don't think the world has seen anything like it. And, you know, you met with the president today. How did that meeting go? It was great.

Benjamin Netanyahu (4:01)

It was one of the best meetings that we've had. And I always, you know, I always hate to disappoint our would-be critics who are trying to find, you know, cracks in our alliance. And what they find, like today, is a wall of granite, you know, because the president is so clear. I mean, he's so, we have a common commitment. We don't want to see this fanatic regime in Tehran have nuclear weapons to threaten every American and to threaten the peace of the world and to threaten the existence of Israel. So we have a common goal, and it's going to be achieved, either through diplomatic means or other means, but we're both committed to that.

And that's the main headline that I would tell you from this meeting.