No other international leader has met with Donald Trump as often as Benjamin Netanyahu. But Tuesday's meeting is the first since the war with Iran began in February, and since then the relationship between the Israeli prime minister and the US president has been somewhat strained.
The two have somewhat different views on the war against Iran, and just hours before the meeting, Trump told Fox News that "I don't need 'Bibi' (Netanyahu) to know things," referring to intelligence on Iran's nuclear program and possible attacks against it.
Trump also claimed at the time that he had saved Israel.
"If I were not president today, Israel would not exist," he said, according to The Times of Israel.
Netanyahu entered the White House through a side door, and the leaders have not announced any official press conference. The prime minister is in Washington, D.C. primarily for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, and attended a memorial service for him on Monday night. Later Tuesday, both Trump and Netanyahu are scheduled to attend a funeral service for Graham.
