Getty Reports: Trump to meet with Netanyahu during Dec. 28 Israel visit

Donald Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Dec. 28 during his trip to the country, according to reports.

The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post and wire services reported Wednesday that Trump would meet with Netanyahu on that date.


"Prior to the end of the year, I will be traveling to Israel. I am very much looking forward to it," the Republican poll leader tweeted Tuesday evening, following an Associated Press report that he would also be meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah on the same trip.

Trump denied that report, which cited a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity who said the U.S. government had been preparing for Trump to visit the majority Muslim nation, a day after the candidate called on the U.S. to close its borders to all Muslims "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."

"Despite my great respect for King Abdullah II, I will not be visiting Jordan at this time. This is in response to the false @AP report," Trump tweeted.

Another U.S. official said that the Trump campaign had reached out to the American embassy in Jordan's capital of Amman, and the State Department had been making arrangements as recently as Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to comment.