00:00I just want to thank you for spending time.
00:03I know you're going to be over here for a couple of days
00:06and maybe we'll be surprising us on New Year's Eve.
00:09That'll be fine.
00:10It's wonderful seeing you and Sarah and your whole group.
00:12Very talented group.
00:14We've done very good work together and it'll continue.
00:17So thank you very much, baby.
00:19We've never had a friend, even close a friend.
00:23People have heard me say that behind your back, Mr. President, many times.
00:28But I want to say something else.
00:29I think we have a partnership, if I can quote you.
00:32America can advance its interest in the Middle East
00:34if it opens a lot of daylight between it and Israel.
00:38It's been a remarkable experience and this was a very, very productive meeting.
00:43And may I say a very good lunch.
00:45Thank you for your friendship.
00:47Thank you very much, baby.
00:48And thank you for your support.
00:49It's meant from the heart.
00:50Israel was a big factor and we're with you
00:52and we'll continue to be with you and a lot of good things are happening.
00:57Israel Prize is going to be awarded to President Donald J. Trump
01:01for his tremendous contributions to Israel and the Jewish people.
01:05We had a big meeting with a lot of people, a lot of talent from Israel and from the U.S.
01:11And I think we came to a lot of conclusion, a lot of conclusion and conclusions.
01:19And there's very little difference in what we're looking at and where we want to be, where we want to go.
01:28And so I just want to thank you for spending time.
01:33I know you're going to be over here for a couple of days and maybe we'll be surprising us on New Year's Eve.
01:38That'll be fine.
01:39Well, thank you.
01:40And it's wonderful seeing you and Sarah and your whole group.
01:44Very talented group.
01:45We've done very good work together and it'll continue.
01:48So thank you very much, baby.
01:51Thank you very much.
01:52Thank you, Mr. President.
01:54I have to say that in addition to what I said, that we've never had a friend, even close a friend, as President Trump in the White House.
02:14I think he's been extraordinary in his friendship and his support for Israel, his principled positions,
02:20his willingness to just cut through and get to the essence of things.
02:26And I don't say that as a compliment.
02:28I just mean it.
02:30People have heard me say that behind your back, Mr. President, many times.
02:34But I want to say something else.
02:36I think we have a partnership, if I can quote you, second to none.
02:41I think it's allowed us to do enormous things.
02:45You know, people said there was a different conception at one time, which means that America can advance its interest in the Middle East if it opens a lot of daylight between it and Israel.
02:56And President Trump has done the exact opposite.
02:59He's achieved remarkable things in the Middle East because we work together.
03:03We talk about our ideas.
03:06Sometimes we have different ideas, but we work it out.
03:09And most of the time we see eye to eye.
03:12But it's been a remarkable experience.
03:14And this was a very, very productive meeting.
03:17And may I say a very good lunch.
03:20Thank you for your friendship.
03:21Thank you very much.
03:22And thank you for your support.
03:24It's meant from the heart.
03:26You know, as I said outside, he's been a wartime prime minister.
03:30And we were, well, I guess I could say I was a wartime president in more places than just Israel, if you think about it.
03:37But Israel was a big factor.
03:39And we're with you.
03:41And we'll continue to be with you.
03:43And a lot of good things are happening in the Middle East.
03:46We have peace in the Middle East.
03:48And we're going to try and keep it that way.
03:49I think we will be very successful in keeping it that way.
03:53And you've been a great friend.
03:56And I've been a great friend to you and to Israel.
03:58And it's been my honor.
04:01And the award that I was given was really surprising and very much appreciated.
04:08Well, President Trump has broken so many conventions to the surprise of people.
04:13And then they figure out, oh, well, maybe, you know, he was right after all.
04:17So we decided to break a convention to or create a new one.
04:20And that is to award the Israel Prize, which in almost our 80 years, we've never awarded it to a non-Israeli.
04:29And we're going to award it this year to President Trump.
04:33This was announced formally over lunch by our Minister of Education, who's responsible for the Israel Prize.
04:43It's going to be awarded to President Donald J. Trump for his tremendous contributions to Israel and the Jewish people.
04:49I think there's – it's such a fitting thing.
04:56And it would honor us, obviously, Mr. President, if you could visit Israel in that occasion, on our Independence Day.
05:02But I have to say that this reflects the overwhelming sentiment of Israelis across the spectrum.
05:12They appreciate what you've done to help Israel and to help our common battle against the terrorists and those who would destroy our civilization.
05:21So, again, that's an expression of thanks and appreciation.
05:25Thank you very much.
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