PHOTOS: MK Embarrasses PM With Selfie With President Trump

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MK )Likud) & Deputy Speaker Oren Chazan elicited the ire of his boss, PM Netanyahu. As the prime minister introduced President Donald Trump to the VIPs in line after his arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport on 26 Iyar, Chazan ignored Mr. Netanyahu’s efforts to push the president along in the interest of getting done.

Not only that, he embarrassed the prime minister and Israel when he reached into his pocket for his smart phone, compelling Mr. Trump to agree to a selfie.

Opposition leader MK Yitzchak Herzog also stopped Mr. Trump and began speaking with him as PM Netanyahu tried to move the procession along as scheduled. Herzog presented himself as “head of the opposition” to Trump as the president passed.