Hosting Benjamin Netanyahu for the fifth time since returning to the White House 11 months ago, Donald Trump gave a performance on Monday that provided a microcosm of his now customary disdain for foreign policy protocol.
In an impromptu 15 minute news conference on the steps of Mar-a-Lago, Trump first offered an offhand, and vaguely dismissive, acknowledgement of the unusual frequency of the Israeli prime minister’s visits by asking journalists: “Do you recognize this guy?”
