Trump: Eisenkot and Netanyahu are very similar in their policies.
In response to a question about whether Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the "Ishar" party, was given the opportunity to form a new government before Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, Donald Trump claimed that the two leaders have very similar views and both made positive statements about him.
Trump told reporters: "They are very similar in terms of their policies... [Eisenkot] said very good things about me. He says he loves Trump, but... I don't know the details of what's going on. This is definitely a competition between him and Baby Netanyahu. We'll see what happens."
Eisenkot refrained from publicly criticizing the US president after Trump supported Netanyahu in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Israel last month.