Trump calls for Netanyahu corruption trial to be cancelled

US president calls Israeli prime minister a great hero' and that the charges against him constitute a witch hunt'

Donald Trump has weighed in on ally Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial, saying in a social media post that the trial was a witch hunt" and should be cancelled.

Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land," Trump said on Wednesday night, using a nickname for the Israeli leader.