CNN
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If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was looking for the easy political victories that once gushed from US President Donald Trump, he left the Oval Office empty-handed.
The meeting was supposed to be about the two leaders negotiating the new 17% tariff the White House imposed on Israeli exports last week. In a gamble to avoid them, Israel had dropped its own tariffs on American products to zero a day earlier, even though they were only imposed on very few items.
Seated next to Trump in the White House, Netanyahu said Israel would eliminate trade barriers and trade deficits “very quickly.” With his usual effusive praise of Trump, the long-serving…
