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Netanyahu at Trump's New Year's Day, According to a Video on the Networks

Trump auctioned a $2.75 million portrait of Jesus for St. Jude’s Hospital and the local sheriff’s office while discussing Gaza ceasefire and Middle East peace with Netanyahu.

  • On 12/31/25, President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, presiding over a charity auction where a portrait of Jesus sold for $2.75 million.
  • Netanyahu travelled to Palm Beach earlier this week for meetings with Trump aimed at a Gaza ceasefire and broader Middle East peace.
  • Live onstage, the speed-painting unfolded as artist Vanessa Horabuena, with 806,000 Instagram followers, painted in about 10 minutes while bids started at $100,000 and rose to $2 million.
  • Proceeds from the auction were pledged to St. Jude's Hospital and the local sheriff's office, while Trump and Netanyahu showed unity discussing Gaza and the Middle East.
  • Some White House officials fear Netanyahu is slow-walking the Gaza ceasefire, while Trump faces broader foreign-policy challenges in the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts during his second term.
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US President Donald Trump invited to a pompous New Year's Eve party in Florida on Wednesday. Among the guests were high-ranking US government members and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had already arrived at Trump's private estate on Monday. The meeting on Monday was mainly about the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. As reported, Trump originally wanted to announce in December the transition to the second phase of the US peac…

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