"Your prime minister": Trump confuses American Jews with Israelis during speech

Mr Trump was speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Saturday when he said: “I stood with your prime minister at the White House to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.”

The Golan is a plateau in southwest Syria which was captured by Israel in 1967 and annexed in 1981.

The American Jewish Committee wrote on Twitter on Sunday: “Mr President, the prime minister of Israel is the leader of his (or her) country, not ours.

“Statements to the contrary, from staunch friends or harsh critics, feed bigotry.”