For the second time in three days, US President Donald Trump late Saturday lambasted the ongoing criminal trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming that it harms efforts to strike deals in Gaza and with Iran and calling it a “travesty of justice.”

While not directly threatening the Israeli prosecution, Trump highlighted the billions of dollars in US aid to Israel before declaring, “We are not going to stand for this” and calling to “let Bibi go,” using the premier’s nickname.

“It is terrible what they are doing in Israel to Bibi Netanyahu,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, continuing his unprecedented intervention in domestic Israeli judicial processes.

“He is a war hero, and a prime minister who did a fabulous job working with the United States to bring great success in getting rid of the dangerous nuclear threat in Iran,” Trump continued. “Importantly, he is right now in the process of negotiating a deal with Hamas, which will include getting the hostages back.”

“How is it possible that the prime minister of Israel can be forced to sit in a courtroom all day long, over nothing,” he added, downplaying the charges against Netanyahu and calling the corruption trial a “witch hunt.”

“This travesty of ‘justice’ will interfere with both Iran and Hamas negotiations,” Trump charged. “In other words, it is insanity doing what the out-of-control prosecutors are doing to Bibi Netanyahu.”

Trump highlighted that “The United States of America spends billions of dollar(s) a year, far more than on any other nation, protecting and supporting Israel,” before declaring, “We are not going to stand for this.”

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