Israel’s longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon be welcomed to the White House by President Trump. What can we expect from this initial meeting between two strong-willed national leaders?

I know them both — Netanyahu better than Trump — and I believe they will get along well. They are both no-nonsense pragmatists who understand the relationship between economic development and political progress. We all know of Trump’s business background and focus on jobs and trade. Less well-known is Netanyahu’s business background. Like Trump, Netanyahu went to business school and began his career as a business man, working for Boston Consulting Group. When he entered politics, he helped transform Israel from an agrarian-based economy into a “startup nation,” which has become a technological superpower with a strong economy. He is the Alexander Hamilton of Israel, to David Ben-Gurion’s Jefferson. Trump has to admire that.