The Note: Trumpworld

ByABC News
December 10, 2015, 9:33 AM

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--TRUMP POSTPONES ISRAEL TRIP: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted early this morning that he was postponing his trip to Israel until "after I become President." Trump was scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Dec. 28 in Jerusalem, an Israeli official confirmed yesterday, ABC's RYAN STRUYK notes. "I didn't want to put [Netanyahu] under pressure," Trump told Fox News this morning. Trump said he canceled the trip for "lots of different reasons," adding that the trip was never a done deal. "All I'm doing is postponing it and I think that was the better decision," he said. The prime minister's office released a statement on Wednesday saying Netanyahu rejected Trump's recent comments to ban Muslims from the United States. http://abcn.ws/1TCXidM

--THE DONALD CLIMBS TO 35 PERCENT SUPPORT IN NEW POLL: Meanwhile, Trump has climbed 13 percentage points since mid-October to 35 percent support in a new national CBS News/New York Times poll released today. He more than doubles the support of his nearest rivals. The poll was taken both before and after Trump's recent call to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. Sen. Ted Cruz garnered 16 percent support, quadrupling his support from late-October. On the other hand, neurosurgeon Ben Carson earned 13 percent - just half of his support from late October. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had 9 percent. This is the second national poll in the last week to show Trump's support in the mid-30s. http://abcn.ws/1Z0ZMpW

--RUBIO PREDICTS TRUMP'S MUSLIM BAN 'NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN': "All the talk, including the newscasts, are dominated by this plan that's never going to happen," Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio told ABC's GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS on "Good Morning America" this morning. "We need to refocus here on the important issue of terrorism," he said. "This is a growing threat and we're not spending nearly enough time focusing on it." He added that he believes Trump is not going to be the Republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election. "We need to nominate someone who actually has a chance to win in the general election," he said. "I'm not going to hyperventilate about polls." More from ABC's RYAN STRUYK: http://abcn.ws/1OjT46X