Trump comments on Eisenkot's mandate and compares him to Netanyahu

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US President Donald Trump commented for the first time on the assignment of the mandate to form a government to Gadi Eisenkot, saying that he and Netanyahu are very similar in policy and outlook. Trump added that both support what he is doing, and that Eisenkot said nice things about him.

Trump noted that Eisenkot says he loves him, and stressed regarding American policy that both Netanyahu and Eisenkot are strong in what he is doing. He made these remarks in a conversation with reporters outside his plane in Washington.

In an interview with "60 Minutes" about the loss in the midterm elections, Trump said voters did not like the war, and that without him Israel would not exist. According to him, the countries he protected will repay all the costs of the war. He added that there is great revulsion toward Israel.