Posting on Truth Social, the US president said Israel's prime minister has been an "even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran".
He added: "If Israel has the wrong Leader, which would be anyone other than Bibi, America will have to do this work ourselves, and I am not inclined to do so.
"Bibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition."
The national election on 27 October will be the first since Hamas' deadly attack against Israel on 7 October 2023 that led to Israel going to war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.
The election could determine whether Mr Netanyahu remains in power after one of the most consequential periods in Israel's history, or is defeated by centrist rivals promising to bring in a new era.
Mr Netanyahu has pushed his close ties to the Republican president as a selling point for staying in power.
But a poll published last Thursday suggests opposition frontrunner Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party has opened up a significant lead over Mr Netanyahu's Likud party.
However, neither camp is projected to win a majority in parliament, the survey by The Times of Israel suggested.
The poll showed 54 seats for the bloc of Jewish-led parties opposing the prime minister, including Yashar, Together, Israel Our Home and the Democrats, compared to 49 for the pro-Netanyahu bloc of Likud, the far-right and the ultra-Orthodox Jews.
It meant both camps would be short of a 61-seat majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
The survey also showed Yashar winning 26 seats compared to 20 for Likud. A week earlier, the gap was 24 to 20.
In third spot in the poll was former prime minister Naftali Bennett's opposition Together party with 11.
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Mr Trump and Mr Netanyahu have traditionally been close allies, particularly after the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in June 2025.
But the pair have had disagreements during this year's war with Iran which was launched in late February.
Mr Trump criticised Israel's decision to attack a key Iranian gas field in the first weeks of the conflict, while he called Mr Netanyahu "crazy" in June.
The US president said he was "a little bit perturbed" as Israel's fight against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.
In August, Mr Netanyahu rejected Mr Trump's plan to advance a stalled Gaza ceasefire, pushing back on the US administration's call for Israel to withdraw from territory it controls in Gaza until Hamas was disarmed.
The A320 aircraft, which was flying from Tel Aviv to Vienna, was diverted to land in Sofia due to what Bulgaria's Ministry of Transport and Communications described as a "bomb threat signal".
According to information seen on FlightRadar24, the El Al Israel Airlines flight landed at 9.08pm in universal coordinated time (10.08pm in the UK).
The ministry said that initial information held that there were six crew members and 51 passengers on board.
"During the flight, on the border with Romania, the crew reported a bomb threat signal and decided to land in Sofia extraordinarily," it added.
"According to the procedures, an Air Force fighter took off and accompanied the plane until it landed at the airport in Sofia.
"A working headquarters has been formed and the responsible institutions have started an inspection. Passengers were taken off board the aircraft."
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Nottinghamshire Police said the officer approached two suspects in Angel Row shortly before the incident at 4.50am on Sunday.
He is being treated in hospital for a wound to his foot and is in a stable condition.
The force said a firearm has been recovered. Angel Row is currently closed, and a large police scene remains in place.
A man and woman fled the scene and have not been found. Sky correspondent Shamaan Freeman-Powell, reporting from the scene, said it is understood police were "aware of who these two individuals are".
She added there is substantial police presence in Nottingham "throughout the city centre", as well as around the cordon.
Assistant Chief Constable Claire Rukas, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This is a shocking incident and a sobering reminder of the potential dangers faced by officers as they work to protect and serve the public.
"As we investigate what happened and work to apprehend the individuals involved, my thoughts today are with the injured officer, his family and colleagues.
"I also ask that anyone with additional information shares this with us without delay. Even the smallest bit of information could make all the difference to this investigation."
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The Police Federation of England and Wales said the shooting was "a stark reminder of the dangers police officers face every day while protecting the public".
It comes after Donald Trump used an executive order to pause a new sanctions package against Russia that had been approved by Congress.
The American president said the move was in the "national interests of the United States".
And the waiver was announced days after Mr Trump's deal with Vladimir Putin to release hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian diesel fuel on to the global market as fuel prices soar.
But Mr Zelenskyy warned the diesel deal "will strengthen Putin in his will to occupy us" and it would not have "a real influence" on the oil price in the US because rising prices were due to Iran's blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, not the Ukraine war.
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The Ukrainian president said he still sees Mr Trump as an ally despite saying that waiving the US sanctions "helps only the Russians".
"We want to trust him," Mr Zelenskyy told NBC News' Meet the Press on Sunday, referring to Mr Trump.
"I hope that he will change his decisions, because I think that it's all mistakes, and it will not help us, and it will not help United States," he said.
Mr Zelenskyy also said US intelligence sharing was briefly "blocked", blinding Ukraine to incoming Russian ballistic missiles, while limits have been put on Starlink technology which is critical to intercept jet-powered drones.
The Ukrainian president said his officials believe the decision to limit Starlink, imposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX, came in response to a "message from American government".
Mr Zelenskyy indicated the intelligence problem has been resolved, but added Ukraine was still facing an ongoing speed restriction on its use of Starshield, the military version of the Starlink service.
Asked if he thought Mr Trump or Mr Musk had directly made the decision to limit Starlink, Mr Zelenskyy said he thought "both" were involved. He said if the US president decided tomorrow to lift the restriction, "it will immediately work as it was before".
Meanwhile, local authorities said on Sunday that one person was killed and 15 injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on oil facilities, logistics and data centres in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
Fires broke out at the St Petersburg oil terminal, an oil depot and industrial warehouses, according to the city's governor Alexander Beglov.
Russian e-commerce company Ozon said its logistics hub in St Petersburg was on fire and internet company VK said its data centre in the Leningrad region was attacked by drones, but services were still available.
Ukraine's military had struck a VK data centre near St Petersburg, Ukrainian drone producer Fire Point said on Sunday.
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Also, Russia's defence ministry said its air defence units brought down 1,015 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian state news agency Tass that Kyiv was "resisting" Moscow's invasion, but that Ukraine could not "change the current course of events".
A woman died and at least two other people were injured, including a six-year-old girl, after Russia launched two attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, local officials said.
Two apartment buildings, 18 cars and an educational institution were damaged in the attack.
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