美国总统在社交媒体上写道：“如果以色列选错了领导人，那将是除比比之外的任何人，美国将不得不亲自做这项工作，而我不倾向于这样做。面对巨大的反对，包括来自以色列本身的反对，比比·内塔尼亚胡表现得坚强、勇敢且睿智。”万斯表示，他不想干预以色列大选，并称特朗普拥有“美国或国际政治史上最有效的背书”。
The US president wrote on social media: “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, including that coming from even Israel, itself.”Mr Vance said that he did not want to intervene in Israeli elections and Mr Trump had “the most effective endorsement in American or international political history”.
这位副总统此前曾为其他海外候选人背书，甚至飞往匈牙利支持前总理欧尔班。那次背书失败了，马扎尔在欧尔班执政16年后取代了他。
The vice-president has previously backed other overseas candidates, even flying to Hungary to support Viktor Orban, the former prime minister. That endorsement failed, with Peter Magyar replacing Mr Orban after 16 years in power.
万斯2月飞往德国，会见了极右翼政党“德国另类选择党”代表，以及四大主要政党的领导人。
Mr Vance flew to Germany in February, where he met representatives of Alternative for Germany, the far-Right party, as well as leaders of the four major parties.
右翼巴西总统候选人弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗5月表示，在去椭圆形办公室会见特朗普后，他曾在华盛顿会见过万斯和美国国务卿鲁比奥。
And Flavio Bolsonaro, the Right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate, said in May that he had met Mr Vance and Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, in Washington after a trip to the Oval Office to meet Mr Trump.
官员称，他们对特朗普背书内塔尼亚胡感到措手不及，一位美国资深外交官告诉《每日电讯报》：“这项背书让我们完全措手不及。
Officials said they had been blindsided by Mr Trump’s endorsement of Mr Netanyahu, with a senior US diplomat telling The Telegraph: “The endorsement took us completely by surprise.
“甚至在不久前都毫无任何迹象表明这会发生。但特朗普就是特朗普。”
“There had been no indication whatsoever that it was coming, even shortly beforehand. But Trump is Trump.”