🔮   Trump's art of the Middle East deal: 'Expand the canvas'

Politics

To get a glimpse of what to expect when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets US President Donald Trump on Tuesday in the Oval Office, it’s instructive to look back eight years at their first White House meeting.That meeting took place on February 15—then, as now—within a month of the president’s inauguration. One major difference, beyond the obvious massive changes in the region since then, is that at the time, Netanyahu was at his strongest.Consider this: in February and March 2017 alone, Netanyahu traveled not only to the US to meet Trump but also to Britain, Singapore, Australia, Russia, and China. As a sign of his influence, he met the presidents of the three leading powers in the ...

Jerusalem Post     Feb 03, 2025