Netanyahu met with General Mattis this morning, giving a joint statement to the press in which he proclaimed that they sense “great change in the direction of American policy” and that it’s very much a “welcome strategic change of American leadership & policy”:
PM: We sense a great change in the direction of American policy. I think this is a welcome strategic change of American leadership & policy. pic.twitter.com/w5VpMsRX1V
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) April 21, 2017
In other words, Netanyahu couldn’t be happier that Obama is out and that Trump is in.