{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The endorsement was made in a post on the social media platform Truth Social, ahead of the Israeli parliamentary elections scheduled for 27 October 2026. Trump stated that he had always intended to support Netanyahu but deliberately waited to make his support public. He added that he decided to express support because they have a good relationship and will continue to do good things together. Trump also warned against the election of any leader other than Netanyahu, stating that if Israel has the wrong leader, America would have to do the work itself and he was not inclined to do so. Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Donald Trump for his endorsement in a video posted to X/Twitter, calling him Israel's \"greatest friend in the White House.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on Trump's previous stance"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Jerusalem Post reported that Trump's endorsement came just days after he declined to publicly back Netanyahu's re-election campaign during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday. In that interview, Trump said, \"I don't trust anybody, honestly. I don't trust anybody. In the world of politics, I don't trust anybody.\" RedState did not mention this previous interview in its report."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre-rated reports mentioned the specific date of the Israeli parliamentary elections, 27 October 2026. 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