Rare agreement came from a leading politician in what is considered the most leftist party in Germany’s political mix.

But Mangione was not a straightforward, left-leaning Robin Hood figure avenging what he sees as the brutality of the U.S. healthcare system or, as right-wing critics allege, “just another leftist nut job.”

However, they have made clear they want to see a leftist prime minister of their choice if they are going to join a broad-based government.

In a long diatribe, the prime minister, who leads the right-wing Likud party, criticised his country's media for what he suggested was its leftist stance.

"This leftist judge would have been voted down and the seat on the important 11th circuit would have been filled by Donald Trumpov next year had Republicans showed up," he tweeted.