Trump to host Netanyahu, Zelenskiy as Ukraine, Iran wars reach critical stages

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday, with wars in Iran and Ukraine at critical stages and his ties with both leaders markedly different. The two men are in Washington to attend a memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham, a hawkish Republican who was one of Trump's closest allies and who frequently tried to coax Trump into providing more support for Ukraine's war. Relations with Zelenskiy have warmed as Ukraine has blunted Russian advances, while Netanyahu arrives amid growing White House frustration over the lack of progress toward a broader settlement in the Iran conflict. An acrimonious phone call in June in which the president called the prime minister 'fucking crazy', first leaked to the media and later publicly confirmed by Trump himself, laid bare the strains between the two leaders. Netanyahu aims to get Trump's support for his re-election campaign ahead of an October 27 vote. 'Bibi's been great,' Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he flew to Michigan on Monday. 'He was a wartime prime minister. We did very well together.' Zelenskiy is expected to have a short private meeting with Trump at the White House, likely in the absence of reporters, said a source familiar with the plans.