As he has repeatedly stated in his first and second terms, the President is committed to ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.”
The trip hasn’t so much put distance between Trump and Netanyahu as it has exposed it,
Hopefully this is the first of those final steps necessary to end this brutal conflict,
I think it’s been very popular, certainly in the Middle East,
The job they’ve done in a fairly short period of time is just outstanding. They’re great people. Great leaders. Three great leaders, ... And the respect shown to our country was incredible. Because nobody is treated like that.”
Trump does what Trump does.”
I think a lot of good things are going to happen over the next month, and we’re going to see. We have to help also out the Palestinians,
Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza.”
I like you too much,
In the coming days, we will go in with full force to complete the operation,
We’re looking at Gaza, and we gotta get that taken care of,
We could have been in the central position, in shaping the new Middle East, as Trump is doing now,
The war really disturbs Trump. But at the end of the day, if they don't reach a deal, then nobody would stop Netanyahu from expanding the war. The American's won't do it,
Netanyahu can only give him two things that he's refused to give until now: A ceasefire in Gaza, which Netanyahu violated himself in March — [perhaps] he misinterpreted Trump's laziness or disinterest as some kind of green light to attack again. And the second is Iran,
I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good. Make it a freedom zone, let the United States get involved and make it just a freedom zone."
There are many things that should worry us — from the huge military deals with the Saudis and the Iranian issue,
If you take the last month and certainly the last week, in a series of moves and a series of statements, Trump not only completely sidelined Netanyahu and kept him out of the loop, but marginalized Israel as if it was not an ally,
I hear voices in Israel saying that he completely sidelined Netanyahu, but I think it more complicated than that,
I think that one of the things that Trump wanted from Israel is to finish the war in Gaza, which Netanyahu is not giving him."
In Trump’s worldview, Israel is not necessarily a strategic ally in the deep, classic and values-based sense, but more of a ‘premium client,’ perhaps even a Middle Eastern ‘real estate asset,’