Trump calls Israeli President Herzog ‘weak and pathetic’ for not pardoning Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack Sunday on Israeli President Isaac Herzog, calling him “weak and pathetic” and accusing him of lying about a promise to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “He told me many times, more than once, that he would pardon him, and he lied to me,” Trump told Israel’s Channel 14, adding that Herzog was “not a leader.” He argued that Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial was a distraction from the war effort. “Bibi needs to focus on the war, not on nonsense,” he said. Trump has repeatedly pressed the issue. He previously called Herzog “a weak and useless person” and accused him of using the pardon question as political leverage. READ: Ahead of Netanyahu visit, Human […]