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In March, a US negotiator entered direct talks with Hamas. The talks quickly ended after they did not achieve their intended goal, a hostage release, but they were unprecedented.
On April 7, as Netanyahu traveled to the White House in what he said was a bid to remove US tariffs on Israeli imports, Trump announced they would remain for the time being.
During the White House visit, Trump announced that the United States would conduct direct negotiations with Iran, Israel's chief adversary and Netanyahu's bête noire.
Some reports from those negotiations indicate that they may result in something similar to the Obama-era Iran deal, which Netanyahu loathed.
Weeks later, Axios reported that on his first foreign trip next week, Trump hoped to hold a summit with Arab states — and not Israel, which he currently has no plans to visit.
Then, on May 6, Trump announced that the United States and the Houthi terror group in Yemen had reached a truce — without requiring the Houthis to stop attacking Israel. Israeli officials were reportedly surprised by the deal, and Netanyahu vowed to "defend ourselves alone."
Trump has also reportedly pressured Israel to let aid into Gaza, following a two-month stoppage.
On Thursday, Reuters reported that Trump was no longer demanding that Saudi Arabia recognize Israel as part of a broader pact with the United States — leaving a deal that would have been Netanyahu's holy grail by the wayside.
Finally, on Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth scrapped his planned Israel trip to instead accompany Trump on his Middle East sojourn.