It would be a mistake to assume that Netanyahu dictates Trump’s Middle East agenda. It would also be a mistake to allow Netanyahu to tailor American priorities to Israel’s political and military actions in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.
As well as its unpredictability, one of the current U.S. administration’s primary characteristics is its ability to turn what seem like whims into real possibilities.
The president sees the current shutdown as an opportunity to make irreversible cuts in programs dear to Democrats ...[I]t should ... not be taken lightly.