{"id":2605066,"date":"2026-05-20T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokes-about-running-for-prime-minister-of-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:09:25","slug":"trump-jokes-about-running-for-prime-minister-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokes-about-running-for-prime-minister-of-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump jokes about running for prime minister of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-jokes-about-running-for-prime-minister-of-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump joked that, with his high approval in Israel, he could eventually run to become Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> after leaving the White House. he was responding to a question about Israel\u2019s handling of potential strikes on Iran during U.S. ceasefire talks, praising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and claiming Israelis overwhelmingly prefer Trump as an ally. Trump also referenced a past joke about Venezuela-saying he could run for president there as well-and the remarks came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-not-seeing-cash-windfall-typical-of-post-presidency\/\" title=\"Biden not seeing cash windfall typical of post...presidency\">amid political criticism<\/a> around Trump\u2019s Iran stance, including comments from Rep.Thomas Massie after he lost a primary to a Trump-backed challenger.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> joked about his high approval rating in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> on Wednesday, suggesting that he might run to be its prime minister after his White House term concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was asked what he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about holding off on striking Iran while the United States is involved in ceasefire negotiations.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576203\/trump-wishes-spencer-pratt-well-in-los-angeles-mayoral-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump wishes Spencer Pratt \u2018well\u2019 in Los Angeles mayoral race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576255\/trump-win-california-if-jesus-christ-came-down-count-votes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he would have won California if \u2018we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576246\/watch-live-trump-commencement-speech-coast-guard-academy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers commencement speech to Coast Guard Academy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s fine. He\u2019ll do whatever I want him to do. He\u2019s a very good man,\u201d Trump said of his Israeli counterpart. \u201cDon\u2019t forget, he was a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >wartime prime minister<\/a>, and he\u2019s not treated right in Israel, in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump proceeded to claim he has near-unanimous support from Israeli citizens before recycling a joke he\u2019s previously made about Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m right now at 99% in Israel. I could run for prime minister, so maybe after I do this, I\u2019ll go to Israel and run for prime minister,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"... backs Republican COVID...19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a>. \u201cI had a poll this morning. I\u2019m 99%,\u201d he added, without citing the supposed poll he was referring to. According to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/politics-and-diplomacy\/article-886353\">February poll<\/a> by the Jewish People Policy Institute Israeli Society Index, 73% of Israelis rate Trump as a better-than-average U.S. president for Israel\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p>The president made a similar comment early last month while discussing interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez\u2019s cooperation with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Venezuela, they say, if I ran for president of Venezuela, I\u2019m polling higher than anybody has ever polled in Venezuela, so after I\u2019m finished with this, I can go to Venezuela,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI will quickly learn Spanish. It won\u2019t take too long. I\u2019m good at language, and I will go to Venezuela. I\u2019m going to run for president. But we\u2019re very happy with the president-elect that we have right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574439\/trump-personally-donated-construction-white-house-ballroom\/\">TRUMP SAYS HE HAS PERSONALLY DONATED TO HELP CONSTRUCTION OF WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s joke about running for Israeli prime minister came amid criticism from allies of Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17668\">Thomas Massie<\/a> (R-KY). Massie, who lost a primary to Trump-backed Ed Gallrein on Tuesday, has framed his defeat as the result of opposing the Iran war. Specifically, the Kentucky Republican took a shot in his concession speech at the deluge of money spent against him by Trump allies and pro-Israel groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,\u201d Massie told the crowd at his concession party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump joked his  high Israel approval could lead him to run for PM after leaving office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2605067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26140512514995.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4671,5548,34314,3634],"class_list":["post-2605066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-israel","tag-jokes","tag-prime-minister","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26140512514995.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605070,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605066\/revisions\/2605070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}