Admission appears to contradict Israeli publicist who said YouTube campaign clip was his idea
Times of Israel
Donald Trump says he recorded a YouTube endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection because the Israeli prime minister asked him to.
Trump tells Shalom TV that Netanyahu called and asked if he would “do an ad or a statement” to support his campaign in next week’s Israeli parliamentary election. “I said absolutely,” said Trump. “They sent a crew in from Israel.”
The real estate tycoon said in Friday’s interview that Netanyahu is a “great man and a great prime minister.”
The video was funded and produced by JDPR, an Israeli public relations firm owned by Jonny Daniels, an immigrant from England who has also worked with conservative Likud MK Danny Danon.
Trump, described as a “close acquaintance” by Daniels, is “a big supporter of the prime minister. He likes him a lot.”
Trump’s admission that Netanyahu had requested an endorsement appears to contradict Daniels’ earlier statement, in which the publicist said the YouTube clip materialized after “a chat I had [with Trump] about making a video supporting the prime minister.
“It was my initiative. I paid and put together the whole video,” Daniels said.
Daniels said it was a response to “a very clear message people here in Israel are getting” that the world was “constantly pressuring and pushing and saying Bibi is bad for Israel.”
“And we have someone who is a celebrity saying Bibi isn’t bad for Israel… that he’s a good, honest, stand-up guy.”
Polls suggest Netanyahu is poised to win Israel’s elections next week and continue in office.
#1 by annebeck58 on January 19, 2013 - 6:31 pm
Hang on..
They wanted a, “celebrity”, yet they chose TRUMP?
Hahaha.
Sorry, Daniels, this one’s on you! The best they could get him to say was, “Bibi’s not bad for Israel”? That’s quite a ringing endorsement, no? And it came from a guy (Trump) who seems to know absolutely nothing of what’s good for US or IZ, as Bibi’s a pretty bad guy, for both.
Kooky.
Trump and his big mouth.., always.
Always a laugh.
#2 by wanda on January 19, 2013 - 8:32 pm
This Benjamin Netanyahu, the nutty yahoo? “I am not the Prime Minister of Israel, but i play one on television.” Here he is in another role, playing The Economist. And the oscar goes to…………….
We are witnessing an actor based reality people… and they are after our guns. Their politics, their religions – we need to stop giving our attention to them. They are criminals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lixYEZ9M_dU&feature=em-share_video_user
#3 by Pro-Gentile on January 19, 2013 - 10:07 pm
How many times has Donald Trump filed bankruptcy? Maybe he needed some Jewish money – or forgiveness on a loan… hahahaha… just kidding.
I’m sure the voting will be fair and honest, just like the election of Barack Obama was… no voter machine tampering – we know the Jews always play fair.
#4 by Ingrid B on January 20, 2013 - 1:13 am
Trump is the one who was permitted to buy a huge chunk of Scotland, near Aberdeen, the oil town, to build hotels, golf courses, and such..
#5 by tsunami on January 20, 2013 - 2:33 am
You’re Fired!
#6 by SEARCHLIGHT on January 20, 2013 - 4:24 pm
donald trump is another wannabe zionist jew that has been leaching to the united states goverment for decades, through grants that he gets to provide employment in america, and spend with his prostitute wifes, that come to him just like the ones that bollow the bunny king hebner,m they both were cut with the same cooky cutter any body that deals with casinos and has money be sure that they are jews these parasites eat money just like a rat eats cheese
#7 by Peter on January 20, 2013 - 7:57 pm
My estimation of Trump, which was already low, has just plummeted to immeasurable depths. Peter
#8 by bigcree1Shadowhawk on January 20, 2013 - 10:22 pm
Heheheh! And the Comics keep rolling right along. What a joke!